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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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U.S. Grant and the Shadow of Cold Harbor
At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of June 3, 1864, the II, VI and XVIII Corps commenced their assault on the Confederate line at Cold Harbor. One New Yorker recalled “as soon as the skirmishers were engaged, our artillery opened … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Bethesda Church, casualties, Ft. Donelson, Ft. Henry, George Meade, Governeur Warren, Haw's Shop, Horace Porter, II Corps, John Bell Hood, Marye's Heights, Matadequin Creek, Old Cold Harbor, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, Totopotomoy Creek, U.S. Grant, VI Corps, XVIII Corps
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Chickamauga: A Sobering Thought
by Lee White One hundred and fifty years ago today, there were more than 5,000 men alive here in Walker and Catoosa counties that, by Friday evening, would be dead. More than 25,000 more would be maimed and torn; many … Continue reading
