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Tag Archives: Francis C. Barlow
Civil War Cooking: Officers’ Mess Breakfast with the 61st New York
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 →
Posted in Common Soldier
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Tagged 61st New York, Civil War Cooking, cooking-history-2020, Francis C. Barlow, Harrison's Landing, southern cooking
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“Face Us In The Right Direction”
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 →
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal
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Tagged Battle of Spotsylvania, Francis C. Barlow, General Barlow, quotes
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General Francis Barlow and The Letters He Destroyed on July 1, 1863
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 →
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Slavery, USCT
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Tagged Abolition, Barlow's Knoll, Battle of Gettysburg, Francis C. Barlow, freedmen, General Barlow, John B. Gordon, politics, Robert Gould Shaw, USCT
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Arabella Barlow: A General’s Wife, Nurse & Sacrifice (Part 2)
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 →
Posted in Civilian, Personalities
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Tagged Arabella Barlow, Francis C. Barlow, Frank Barlow, General Barlow
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Arabella Barlow: A General’s Wife, Nurse & Sacrifice (Part 1)
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 →
Posted in Civilian, Personalities
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Tagged Arabella Barlow, Francis C. Barlow, Frank Barlow, General Barlow
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6 Comments