Tag Archives: Fire Zouaves

Recruiting the Regiment: The 11th New York Fire Zouaves

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Meg Groeling

A post-script to the recruitment blog series… “I want the New York firemen, for there are no more effective men in the country, and none with whom I can do so much. They are sleeping on a volcano at Washington, … Continue reading →

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Resolved: The New York Fire Department

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Today is September 11. It’s been 19 years since 343 firemen lost their lives during the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. They rush forwarded into deadly danger to save lives. There wasn’t time to … Continue reading →

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All Star President of the New York Mutuals Captain Jack Wildey–Part 2

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Meg Groeling

When the 11th New York got back to Washington and took stock of their situation, it did not look good: almost seventy men had been sent to Richmond as prisoners and as many as 177 were lost to action. At … Continue reading →

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Really? You Needed That?

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Meg Groeling

I do not know if any of our readers know historians or history buffs. Perhaps you fit into these categories yourselves. If so, I hope this post resonates with you.

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REMEMBER ELLSWORTH!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Meg Groeling

At this point in the sesquicentennial celebration of the American Civil War–mid-1864– historians and buffs are thinking about casualty numbers in the hundreds of thousands, often tens of thousands per battle. Was Union General Ulysses S. Grant a butcher to … Continue reading →

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Every Free, Able-bodied White Male Citizen: Two Examples of Militia Readiness in Antebellum America Part III                    

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Meg Groeling

Also in 1859, young Elmer Ellsworth became captain of a moribund militia company, the National Guard Cadets of Chicago, Illinois. Ellsworth had developed a statewide reputation as a drillmaster, and agreed to take on the challenge of rebuilding this group … Continue reading →

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