Tag Archives: Francis C. Barlow

Civil War Cooking: Officers’ Mess Breakfast with the 61st New York

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

After the Army of the Potomac fell back from the gates of Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, it settled around Harrison Landing on the James River. Here, the soldiers and officers in blue waited through the blazing summer … Continue reading →

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“Face Us In The Right Direction”

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The inky black darkness, slippery trail through the woods, and water droplets falling from the foliage added to the misery of the night march over unfamiliar terrain on the night of May 11, 1864. The marching column halted frequently in … Continue reading →

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General Francis Barlow and The Letters He Destroyed on July 1, 1863

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

General Francis C. Barlow placed his division of the Union XI Corps on a rise of high ground, north of the town of Gettysburg. Without adequate reinforcements to anchor a defensive line, his exposed troops took the brunt of the … Continue reading →

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Arabella Barlow: A General’s Wife, Nurse & Sacrifice (Part 2)

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Sarah Kay Bierle

This is Part 2 of an article published yesterday “In the crowd of ambulances, army wagons, beef-cattle, staff officers, recruits, kicking mules and so on, who should turn up but Mrs. Arabella Barlow, nee Griffith, unattended, but serene and self-possessed … Continue reading →

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Arabella Barlow: A General’s Wife, Nurse & Sacrifice (Part 1)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Arabella has been seriously ill, but the fever is broken & in time she will be well again…[i] wrote General Francis Barlow from the siege lines at Petersburg during the summer of 1864. Anxiety still nagged, despite the confident words; … Continue reading →

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