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Tag Archives: Baltimore Pike
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Bell's Adams County Cavalry Company, Company B 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Culp's Hill, Elijah V. White, Evergreen Cemetery, George Washington Sandoe, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, James McAllister, Marsh Creek, Mount Joy Lutheran Church, Mt. Joy Pennsylvania, Robert Bell, Spangler's Spring, William Lightner
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Nine
Part nine in a series. “…a timely diversion…” Everything was seemingly going well for the Confederates on July 1st. Although the Army of Northern Virginia had blundered into the enemy, they had engaged two Federal corps and driven them from … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, 35th Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, A.P. Hill, Alpheus Williams, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Benner's Hill, Campbell Brown, Cemetery Hill, Daniel Sickles, Extra Billy Smith, George Meade, James Power Smith, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg, Winfield Scott Hancock
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A General Redeemed: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint, part two of a series. Saturday, July 9th, 1864, came following a night of thunderous rain and lightning showers. The first rays of sunlight poked over the nearby mountains and revealed two armies poised … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Army of the Valley, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Frederick Alexander's Baltimore Battery, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Monocacy, Monocacy Bridges, Monocacy Junction, Monocacy National Battlefield, Monocacy River, Thomas House, VIII Corps, Worthington House
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500 yards
Part one in series The attack started late in the afternoon of July 2nd. Approximately 2,100 men from three Virginia regiments, two from North Carolina, and a battalion of Marylanders charged up the hill. Overlapping the enemy flank, the charge … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 10th Virginia, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st North Carolina Infantry, 23rd Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Ambrose Wright, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George S. Greene, George Steuart, Maryland, Randolph McKim, Richard Ewell, W.W> Goldsborough
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