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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Colors of the 149th Pennsylvania
Part of a Series. On the afternoon of July 1, acting 1st Corps commander Major General Abner Doubleday re-positioned his men in and around Herbst Woods. Deployed in the open fields of the Edward McPherson Farm, just north of the Herbst Woodsm was a brigade of Pennsylvanian’s commanded by Colonel Roy Stone. Stone had three […]
Read more...Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The First Federal Cannon Shot
Part of a Series. At the base of the monument to Brigadier General John Buford are four cannon. These cannon are not on carriages like the other 400 or so cannon on the Gettysburg Battlefield; rather the cannon sit within granite mounts. These are four of the original cannon under the command of Lieutenant John […]
Read more...Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Death of George W. Sandoe
Part of a Series. George Washington Sandoe was a local of the Gettysburg area, hailing from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately for George Sandoe, he has the unenviable title of being the first Union soldier killed in Gettysburg. Sandoe was part of Captain Robert Bell’s Adams County Cavalry Company. When Jubal Early’s Confederate division pounced on […]
Read more...Seldom Has This Community Been Universally Shocked: New Jersey Newspapers React to the Passing of George McClellan
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author William Griffith. This past December, for my twenty-third birthday, I did what any normal person my age would do – or at least I tell myself this – and made a cemetery pilgrimage. My destination this year was Riverview Cemetery located in the heart of Trenton, […]
Read more...The 3rd Maine at Gettysburg
Today, we’re pleased to welcome guest author Anthony Trusso. Although the 20th Maine Infantry gets a lot of attention for its actions at Gettysburg, due mostly to its prominence in the 1993 film Gettysburg, other regiments from the Pine Tree State played important but overlooked roles in the battle. One of those regiments was Colonel […]
Read more...Bloody Autumn
“In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley . . . it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command; such as cannot be consumed, destroy.” — Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan Bloody Autumn: […]
Read more...Shaping Chancellorsville: Pre-park preservation efforts
part three in a series While the Jackson Monument represents the first effort to set aside property at Chancellorsville, efforts were soon underway to preserve far more of the battlefield. By 1891, a group of northern and southern veterans formed the Chancellorsville Battlefield Association (CBA) “to acquire and hold for posterity the most important points […]
Read more...“Oh It Was a Terrible Day”: The Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg
The popular focus on the Battle of Fredericksburg is that of the Union Soldiers, time after time, engaging in failed assaults on the Confederate lines on the stonewall at the base of Marye’s Heights. Possibly the worst executed engagement of the war by the Federals, many have forgotten that the battle was nearly won south […]
Read more...Mapping Out Chancellorsville 149 Years Later
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the opening of the battle of Chancellorsville. Supremely confident “Fighting Joe” Hooker rocked back on his heels after an unexpected punch on the nose by Stonewall Jackson, withdrawing into a defensive position around the Chancellorsville intersection. Giving up the high ground to the east of the intersection was the […]
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