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Tag Archives: 13th New Jersey
Re-evaluating Ezra Carman: Triangulating the 2nd South Carolina’s Second Assault at Antietam
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Chris Bryan… Ezra Ayers Carman, who commanded the 13th New Jersey at Antietam, wrote a seminal work on the Maryland Campaign based upon correspondences with veterans during the 1890s and 1900s. It is … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Antietam’s New Jersey Monument
Of the cluster of monuments dotting the southwest corner of Antietam’s bloody Cornfield, one seems to stand out among the rest. Its height is certainly not unique, nor is the fact that a bronze soldier adorns it (one can find … Continue reading
A Soldier From Siam
We are happy to welcome back guest author Jim Sundman. When George Dupont appeared before Lieutenant John Grimes to join Company B of the 13th New Jersey Volunteers on August 12, 1862, Grimes may have hesitated before he wrote down … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 13th New Jersey, Antietam, Battle of Kolb's Farm, Chancellorsville, Resaca
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Disease: A Tale of Two Regiments (Part 2)
We are happy to welcome back Jim Sundman for part 2 of his Disease series. In late October 1862 my ancestor Garrett Bush deserted his regiment while it was encamped on Maryland Heights across from Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Bush was … Continue reading
Posted in Medical
Tagged 107th New York, 13th New Jersey, Antietam, Ezra Carman, Harpers Ferry, Maryland Heights
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Disease: A Tale of Two Regiments (Part 1)
We are happy to welcome back guest author Jim Sundman On October 1, 1862, Corporal Joseph Couse of the 107th New York regiment died of “brain fever” while his unit was encamped on Maryland Heights across the Potomac River from … Continue reading
And Your Age Is?
Today we welcome guest author Jim Sundman. When future New Jersey governor Franklin Murphy walked into a recruiting office for the 13th New Jersey Volunteers in Newark on July 19, 1862, he told the enlistment officer he was eighteen, the … Continue reading