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From Monocacy to Danville: Captured Soldiers of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry
On July 9, 1864, a small United States force under Major General Lewis Wallace faced off against Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley as it pressed onward towards the national capital, Washington D.C. Early’s troops hoped to pressure … Continue reading
Maine at War: A Conversation with Writer Brian Swartz (part four)
conclusion to a four-part series In wrapping up yesterday’s segment, Brian Swartz, author of the Maine at War blog, mentioned Tom Huntington’s new book, Maine Roads to Gettysburg. “He has done Maine history quite a service in articulating the stories … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged 16th Maine, 17th Maine, 19th Maine, 1st Maine Cavalry, 4th Maine, Brian Swartz, Charles Tilden, Col. Elijah Walker, Conversation-with-Brian-Swartz, From Blandensburg to Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, John Prince, Jonathan Cilley, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Maine, Maine at War, Maine at War book series, Maine Origins Publishing, Maine Roads to Gettysburg, Tom Huntington
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The Sutler, the Mainers, and the Pickpockets of the 13th Mass.
On November 23, 1863—the day before Thanksgiving—the members of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, encamped near Brandy Station, Virginia, received a much-welcome pre-holiday visitor. “This was a great day,” wrote regimental historian Charles E. Davis, Jr.:
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 13th Massachusetts, 16th Maine, camp life, sutlers, Winter Encampment
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A Few Words in Praise of the Army Mule
As operations wound to a close in the fall of 1863, one member of the Sixteenth Maine offered a “special reference to the most abject, patient, long-suffering of God’s creatures,—the army mule.” At the time, the Army of the Potomac … Continue reading
Unknown Flag of Gettysburg
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jim Taub On July 1st, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began. As the forces of both armies converged on the sleepy Pennsylvania town that Wednesday morning, each regiment carried with them … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Memory, National Park Service
Tagged 107th Pennsylvania, 13th Massachusetts, 16th Maine, 2nd North Carolina, 4th North Carolina, Chancellorsville, Gaines Mill, I Corps, Maryland Campaign 1862, Oak Hill, Peninsula Campaign, Richard S. Ewell, Robert Rodes, Second Manassas, Seven Days Battles, Stephen Ramseur, XI Corps
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