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What if…Joseph Lane of Oregon had become President in 1861?
A few years ago, I was fascinated by the possibility that a certain Joseph Lane, rather than Abraham Lincoln, might have become President in 1861. I actually accumulated quite a file of research and notes, which I have since lost. … Continue reading
Hoosiers and the Civil War
Some readers may recall that I recently discovered some ancestors in the 30th, 44th, and 100th Indiana Volunteers. In the course of my research into their service, I have uncovered some interesting facts about Hoosier State troops in the war. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Regiments, Western Theater
Tagged 100th Indiana, 30th Indiana, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 44th Indiana, Gov. Morton, Indiana, Indianapolis, Kentucky
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“An Especial Prize to the Boys:” Union Soldiers and the Illustrated News (Part 1)
This is the first of two posts regarding the relationship between Union soldiers and the emerging illustrated press during the Civil War. The Union soldier of the Civil War had an insatiable hunger for newspapers. Joseph C. G. Kennedy, head of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Daily Papers, edwin forbes, Engraving, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated News, Illustrations, Indiana, Lithographs, New York Herald, New York Illustrated News, Newspapers, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Philadelphia Enquirer, South Carolina, Thomas Nast, U.S. Census, Weekly Papers
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The Raid Continues: Morgan’s Raiders in Indiana
Part 2 of a series As the saying goes, “news travels fast.” It was no different back in the summer of 1863. It was July 8 and the last of Morgan’s men were crossing the Ohio River into southern Indiana. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civil War Events, Civilian, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 102nd Indiana, 114th Indiana, Brigader- General John Love, Colonel Lewis Jordan, Colonel Richard Morgan, Colonel Williams, Corydon, Dupont, Indiana, Indianapolis, Morgan's Raid, Ohio River, Ripley County Indiana, Sunman, Vernon, Versailles
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The Raid Begins: Morgan’s Raiders in Kentucky
Part 1 of a series “I’m sent to warn the neighbors. He isn’t a mile behind; He sweeps up all the horses— every horse he can find; Morgan, Morgan the raider, and Morgan’s terrible men, With bowie knives and pistols, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Braxton Bragg, Columbia, Cumberland River, Indiana, john hunt morgan, Joseph Wheeler, Kentucky, Lebanon Junction, louisville, Morgan's Raiders, Ohio River, Twelve Mile Island, William Rosecrans
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Prelude to Antietam
Antietam, Sharpsburg—whichever name you prefer, it characterizes the bloodiest single-day in American history. On the fields surrounding this bucolic western Maryland town, 23,000 men became casualties. Even before that bloody late summer day, the campaign had born casualties. Although definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Monuments, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Antietam Campaign, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee, Illinois, Indiana, JEB Stuart, Maryland, New York, Richard Beale, Sesquicentennial, Thomas Munford, Union Cavalry, Virginia, Wade Hampton
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Indiana Soldiers & Sailors Memorial
Posted in Monuments, Photography
Tagged Indiana, Indianapolis, memorials, Monuments, soldiers and sailors memorial
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Abe says, “Hey”
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, Indianapolis, Lincoln, statues
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