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Category Archives: Common Soldier
My Favorite Historical Person: Captain Sewell Gray
“Sabbath and a lovelier day never overtook a soldier,” wrote Capt. Sewell Gray on the day he died. It was Sunday, May 3, 1863, and Gray, a 22-year-old captain with the 6th Maine Infantry, was among 4,700 soldiers ordered to … Continue reading
Warrington G. Roberts: “Dedicated to the Proposition that All Men Are Created Equal”
Interred in grave 3287 at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery lays Warrington G. Roberts. This past Memorial Day I had the privilege of telling Roberts’s story during the annual Luminary program atop Marye’s Heights. Telling his story and digging even further … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Common Soldier, Lincoln, Reconstruction
Tagged 26th Indiana Infantry, 28th United States Colored Troops, Abraham Lincoln, Battle of the Crater, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg National Cemetery Luminaria, freedmen's bureau, Gettysburg Address, James Johnson, Warrington G. Roberts
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My Favorite Historical Person: James Hanger
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Trout As a Civil War historian, the toughest and most challenging question of all is “who is your favorite historical person?” From Union war heroes to gallant Rebel commanders to the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Personalities, Reconstruction
Tagged 16th ohio infantry, 23rd Virginia, amputation, augusta county, battle of philippi, civil war amputee, favorite17, Hanger Inc, James E. Hanger, James Hanger, patent, prosthetics, staunton, surgeon, Virginia, Washington College
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The Gettysburg Campaign: Cavalry Actions in the Loudoun Valley
The coming week will commemorate the 154th anniversary of the cavalry battles of Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, all part of the Gettysburg campaign. These fights were particularly important as they were a series of engagements that kept the Federal cavalry from … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation
Tagged Aldie, Alfred Pleasonton, Daniel Butterfield, George Meade, JEB Stuart, John Buford, Last Road North, Loudoun Valley, Middleburg, Upperville
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Executions in the Confederate Army
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Michael Aubrecht As the war dragged on into its third and fourth years, soldiers on both sides of the conflict began to flee the army in record numbers. Some were traumatized by the horrors they … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier
Tagged 13th South Carolina, capital punishment, Desertion, execution, firing squad, spencer glasgow welch
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Question of the Week: 6/12-6/18/17
Who is YOUR favorite historical person from the Civil War Era? Tell us your all-time favorite this week…and we’ll break the question into categories for the following week.
My Favorite Historical Person: Thomas Francis Galwey
When asked the question about someone from the time period of the American Civil War that I admire most, I must admit it was daunting to pick just one individual. It would be easy to pick one a Grant, Lee, … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 8th Ohio, common soldier, diary, favorite17, Irish Americans, The Valiant Hours, Thomas Francis Galwey, underage soldier
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