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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Death of Colonel Charles Taylor
Part of a series. Charles Frederick Taylor was born on February 6, 1840, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In 1857 he became a student at the University of Michigan. His time as a student was short lived. Unfortunately the family’s farm … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Bucktails, Charles Frederick Taylor, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Little Round Top, Pennsylvania Bucktails, The Wheatfield
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Vincent’s Rock
Part of a series. Brigadier General Gouverneur K. Warren had been busy all of July 2nd. The early morning found him on the Federal right flank scouting the terrain for possible attacks avenues in the Culp’s Hill sector. With the … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Michigan, 20th Maine, 44th New York, 5th Texas, 83rd Pennsylvania, Batter D 5th United States Artillery, Charles Hazlett, Chauncey Reese, Devil's Den, Erie, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Gouverneur K. Warren, Little Round Top, Patrick O'Rorke, Stephen Weed, Strong Vincent, Vincent's Spur
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles
Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Shaeffer Farm, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Edwin Morgan, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Hunt, James Hessler, James Kelly, Joe Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Mary Chesnut, The Peach Orchard, Thomas Sim, Trostle Farm, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Hood’s Protest and Howe Avenue
Part of a series. The Confederate offensive at Gettysburg on July 2nd was supposed to start much closer to the now-famous Peach Orchard than it actually did. Prior to cresting Warfield Ridge, one of the future jumping-off points for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th Corps, Albion Howe, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Horatio Wright, Howe Avenue, James Longstreet, John Bell Hood, Lafayette McLaws, Munshower Knoll, South Confederate Avenue, Taneytown Road, Warfield Ridge
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The 27th Connecticut Monuments at Gettysburg
Part of a series. The 27th Connecticut Infantry was one of those hard luck regiments that served with the Army of the Potomac. The Nutmeg State men entered Federal service during the “Emergency of 1862,” when Robert E. Lee turned … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Georgia, 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg, 27th Connecticut, Belle Isle Prison, Chancellorsville, City Point, Fredericksburg, George Meade, George Rose, George T. Anderson, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Merwin, Jedediah Chapman, John Caldwell, John R. Brooke, Libby Prision, Paul Semmes, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, Rose Run, The Wheatfield
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Wesley Culp
Part of a Series. Many visitors to Gettysburg are familiar with the story of Wesley Culp, the boy who grew up in the town of Gettysburg. He hunted on his Uncle Henry’s farm, learned the leather trade in Gettysburg, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Virginia Infantry, Battle of Gettysburg, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Culp, Jubal Early, Shepherdstown, Stonewall Brigade, Wesley Culp, Wolf's Hill
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Benner’s Hill
Part of a Series. Just east of Gettysburg sits Benner’s Hill, a 454 foot high prominence that overlooks the town of Gettysburg. At the base of this prominence runs Rock Creek, a barrier between the hill, town, and for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 35th Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, Benner's Hill, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, Campbell Brown, Christian Benner, Culp's Hill, Elijah V. White, Eric Wittenberg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Hanover Road, Joseph Latimer, Richard Ewell, Wolf's Hill
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