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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles
Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Shaeffer Farm, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Edwin Morgan, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Hunt, James Hessler, James Kelly, Joe Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Mary Chesnut, The Peach Orchard, Thomas Sim, Trostle Farm, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Hood’s Protest and Howe Avenue
Part of a series. The Confederate offensive at Gettysburg on July 2nd was supposed to start much closer to the now-famous Peach Orchard than it actually did. Prior to cresting Warfield Ridge, one of the future jumping-off points for the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 6th Corps, Albion Howe, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Horatio Wright, Howe Avenue, James Longstreet, John Bell Hood, Lafayette McLaws, Munshower Knoll, South Confederate Avenue, Taneytown Road, Warfield Ridge
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Question of the Week: 4/25-5/1/2016
Which hill was most crucial to the Federal victory at Gettysburg and why (i.e. Culp’s Hill, Cemetery Hill, etc…)?
Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Wesley Culp
Part of a Series. Many visitors to Gettysburg are familiar with the story of Wesley Culp, the boy who grew up in the town of Gettysburg. He hunted on his Uncle Henry’s farm, learned the leather trade in Gettysburg, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Personalities
Tagged 2nd Virginia Infantry, Battle of Gettysburg, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Culp, Jubal Early, Shepherdstown, Stonewall Brigade, Wesley Culp, Wolf's Hill
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Haunted By History
The chill of Hallowe’en is in the air, even in California. I always try to do something special here for one of my favorite holidays. This year’s offering is inspired by Tiya Miles’ new book Tales from the Haunted South: … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Holidays, Memory, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War ghosts, Gettysburg, Halloween, haunted battlefields, Memory, necromancers, Stephen King, Stonewall Jackson, Tiya Miles
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Maryland, My Maryland
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle Conclusion of a series While Maryland soldiers – like Henry K. Douglas – fought battles and worried about their families, Southern sympathizing civilians in Maryland were under fire … Continue reading
The Dark Hills
The Dark Hills Dark hills at evening in the west, Where sunset hovers like a sound Of golden horns that sang to rest Old bones of warriors under ground,
Gettysburg Civilians: Evil Beasts or Compassionate Heroes?
Today, we are pleased welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle “Few good things can be said of the Gettysburg farmers, and I only use Scripture language in calling them ‘evil beasts.’” ~ Georgeanna M. Woolsey[i] Gettysburg civilians faced heavy … Continue reading
