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Tag Archives: Casualties of the Civil War
Alexander Gardner and the Good Death
Of the thousands of Civil War photographs, only several truly iconic images exist that specialists and non-specialists alike immediately recognize. One such image is the subject of today’s post: Timothy O’Sullivan’s “The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg.” The scene … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Memory, Photography
Tagged "a sharpshooters last sleep", "the home of the rebel sharpshooter", Alexander Gardner, casualties, Casualties of the Civil War, civil war photography, dead sharpshooter, death, Devil's Den, Gettysburg, good death, sharpshooter photo, soldier death
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Honoring Heroes
This past Saturday I closed out my work detail—I hate using the word “work” to describe an opportunity to spend a few weeks being a ranger at a national military park–but I digress. However, my last day coincided with assisting … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service
Tagged American Civil War, Casualties of the Civil War, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg National Cemetery Luminaria, Memorial Day, National Park Service
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Three
Part three in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Atlanta Campaign, Bennett Place, Casualties of the Civil War, Casualty Figures, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Gettysburg, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Johnston, Overland Campaign, Perryville, Phil Sheridan, Shennandoah Valley, Shiloh, William T. Sherman
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