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Tag Archives: Paul Semmes
“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg
The fighting that occurred 153 years ago on the south end of the Gettysburg battlefield is some of the best known in American military history. Names of key participants and individuals have been seared into the public conscience. Some gain … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battery L 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Daniel Sickles, Frank Gibbs, George Sykes, Hannibal Day, Henry Benning, Houcks Ridge, John Caldwell, Joseph Kershaw, Little Round Top, Paul Semmes, Plum Run Valley, Romeyn Ayres, Sidney Burbank, Sykes' Regular Division, The Wheatfield, William Wofford
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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
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
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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