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The 100th Indiana’s Flag
160 years ago this month, the 100th Indiana Volunteers joined Federal service. The regiment (known as the Persimmon Regiment after fall 1862) saw action in the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battles for Chattanooga, and then in all campaigns of the Army … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Campaigns, Regiments, Western Theater
Tagged 100th Indiana, Army of the Tennessee, Grand Review
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Hoosiers and the Civil War
Some readers may recall that I recently discovered some ancestors in the 30th, 44th, and 100th Indiana Volunteers. In the course of my research into their service, I have uncovered some interesting facts about Hoosier State troops in the war. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Regiments, Western Theater
Tagged 100th Indiana, 30th Indiana, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 44th Indiana, Gov. Morton, Indiana, Indianapolis, Kentucky
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Old and Timeworn: Sherman’s Armies Reach Fayetteville, North Carolina
On March 11, 1865 Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group entered Fayetteville, North Carolina. The evening before, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee’s Corps had abandoned the city. Hardee left Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry behind as a rear guard. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 100th Indiana, 150th Anniversary of Averasboro, 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Fayetteville Arsenal, Harpers Ferry, Theodore Upson, Thomas Osborn, Wade Hampton, William Hardee, William T. Sherman
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Onward from Columbia: Experiences of Union Soldiers in Sherman’s Armies
Writing after the end of the war, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman wrote that his armies left Columbia South Carolina “utterly ruined”. Resuming their march, Sherman wrote “the right wing began its march northward, towards Winnsboro, on the 20th, which … Continue reading
