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Kernstown’s Wounded in Winchester
The battle of Kernstown on March 23, 1862 resulted in over 1,000 casualties and a Federal victory in the lower Shenandoah Valley. To be precision, General “Stonewall” Jackson’s early reports on Confederate losses listed 80 killed, 75 wounded, 263 missing … Continue reading
The Deep Cut Burns
A couple of weeks ago, Manassas National Battlefield held a controlled burn in the area of the Deep Cut. Here, on August 30, 1862, thousands of Union soldiers led by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter attacked Confederate troops positioned along … Continue reading
Fredericksburg: Voices from the Crisis Point
Following the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 11-15, 1862, Union soldiers who had survived, retreated across, the river and returned to their camps had to face devastating reality. The horrors they had gone through and witnessed crowned a year of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, battle aftermath, Battle of Fredericksburg, George Tillotson, newspaper
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Equestrian Casualties at Gettysburg
“Three miles before we got into town we could see the marks of Cavalry skirmishes, passed some dead horses which were slowly burning up.”[i] The aftermath days of Gettysburg – and other Civil War battles – presented horrifying scenes at … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Aftermath, battle aftermath, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War Horses, Gettysburg aftermath
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