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Secrets of a Cemetery: Final Reflections
Final in a SeriesWith all the research that has been done on the Civil War, at times it seems as if the individual is lost in the seas of voices, stories, and statistics. Armies are huge entities, regiments move like … Continue reading →
Secrets of a Cemetery: Part VII-Beyond the Civil War
Part Seven in a Series The National Cemetery at Fredericksburg contains more than just Civil War burials. Yes, the vast majority of soldiers buried there fought between 1861 and 1865, but veterans of the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World … Continue reading →
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service
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Tagged Amdol Glorial Jett, Amdol L. Jett, Annie Florance Lockhart, Edith Rose Tench, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Jack Butler, Jesse Forsythe, Leighton G. Forsythe, linkedin, Maude Bass, Roy Gordon Butler, Secrets-of-a-cemetery, soldier stories, Urbane Bass
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Secrets of a Cemetery: Part V-A Brothers War
Part Five in a Series The Civil War is often called a war of brother against brother. Imagery of American fighting American and family fighting family during the war arouse sentiment of sadness and horror at the thought of families … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agnes Allison, Alexander Allison, Chant Hitchcock, Charles C. Johnston, Dave Hutchinson, David Stevens, David Whitney, Eli Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, Frank Stevens, Franklin Whitney, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, George Allison, Hiram Lare, Ira Alllen, James Allison, James Johnston, John Allison, John B. Cooke, linkedin, Mordecai Whitney, Samuel Allen, Samuel B. Wilson, Secrets-of-a-cemetery, soldier stories, Stambury Hitchcock, William Stevens
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Secrets of a Cemetery: Part IV-The United States Colored Troops
Part Four in a Series For five men buried in the National Cemetery, the Civil War was the opportunity for a completely new future. African-American men were not allowed to enlist until the second half of the war (black troops … Continue reading →
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, USCT
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Tagged Charles Sprow, Chatham, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, James Horace Lacy, linkedin, Moses Humphreys, Peter Wilson, Secrets-of-a-cemetery, soldier stories, Spotsylvania, Thomas Hill, United States Colored Troops, William Branch
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Secrets of a Cemetery: Part III-Beyond the Field of Battle
Part Three in a Series “I am very happy to inform you that your son was a promising young man and an excellent soldier and was beloved by his officers and comrades, and whether he died on the battlefield or … Continue reading →
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service
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Tagged 140th New York, Adrew Courtright, disease, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, George Annable, George E. Waring, Ira Whitacker, John McGraw, Joseph M. Seiger, linkedin, Samuel Edward Rice, Secrets-of-a-cemetery, soldier stories, Thomas Hill, Walter Ames, wounded
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Secrets of a Cemetery: Part II-The Toll of Battle
Part Two in a Series Battle and violence are essential elements of war, and as a result many men become casualties. These deaths were often sudden, gruesome, and disturbing and many occurred with little note taken of them. Each grave … Continue reading →
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service
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Tagged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Bloody Angle, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, linkedin, Medal of Honor, Secrets-of-a-cemetery, soldier stories, Spotsylvania
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Secrets of a Cemetery: Beginning in Reflection
First in a Series Have you ever strolled through a cemetery on a quiet summer afternoon, hearing the distant sounds of modern life, feeling the warm breeze as you walked through the rows and rows of graves? Most cemeteries are … Continue reading →
