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Tag Archives: Bayard Wilkeson
A Most Terrible Scene: A Collision on the B&O and One Regiment’s Deadliest Day
We don’t often hear about railroad accidents today. That’s not for a lack of reporting, but that railroad travel is exponentially safer now than it was 160 years ago. Traveling by railroad during the Civil War involved risking life and … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: National Museum of the United States Army
Today’s ECW Weekender highlights a new museum that most of our readers have yet to see. Originally set to open in June 2020, COVID-19 delayed the National Museum of the United States Army’s plan. It opened on November 11 that … Continue reading
Posted in ECW Weekender
Tagged 2nd New Jersey, Bayard Wilkeson, Henry Halleck, National Museum of the U.S. Army
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Book Review: Imperfect Union: A Father’s Search for his Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
Imperfect Union: A Father’s Search for his Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg By Chuck Raasch Stackpole Books, 2016, $24.95 (2021 paperback reprinting) Reviewed by Bert Dunkerly Author Chuck Raasch brings us a unique angle on Gettysburg, … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Bayard Wilkeson, Book Review, Gettysburg, Samuel Wilkeson
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“A Central Figure of Transcendingly Absorbing Interest”: The Wilkesons at Gettysburg
ECW welcomes guest author Evan Portman On July 1st, 1863, nineteen-year-old Bayard Wilkeson and his men of Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery arrived in Gettysburg after a twelve-mile march from Emmitsburg, Maryland. The descendent of a prominent New York family, … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Bayard Wilkeson, Evan Portman, New York Times, Newspapers, Samuel Wilkeson
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