Tag Archives: George S. Greene

New York Saves The Union

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Chris Kolakowski

That is perhaps a hyperbolic title. But one brigade of all New York soldiers saved two Federal armies in the summer and fall of 1863, at Gettysburg and Chattanooga – thereby arguably doing more to assist the Union cause in … Continue reading →

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500 yards

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Phill Greenwalt

Part one in series  The attack started late in the afternoon of July 2nd. Approximately 2,100 men from three Virginia regiments, two from North Carolina, and a battalion of Marylanders charged up the hill. Overlapping the enemy flank, the charge … Continue reading →

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