Tag Archives: 110th Ohio Infantry

Remarkable Photograph of a Civil War and World War I General Together

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Edward Alexander

Two years ago I took advantage of a roundtable talk in Ohio to visit the Clark County Historical Society in Springfield. I found some fantastic material on the 110th Ohio Infantry, one of the units who made the Breakthrough attack … Continue reading →

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Saved by His Pocket Diary: Sergeant Francis McMillen at the Jones Farm

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Edward Alexander

In a small leather bound journal, Francis McMillen daily jotted down notes while hunkered down in the Petersburg trenches during the last year of the war. He mixed frequent updates on the weather with sarcastic commentary on the boring routine … Continue reading →

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