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Tag Archives: Sewell Gray
“Battlefield Season”
“Battlefield season,” as I refer to early May, is always an especially busy time of year for me. Of the five battlefields I live among, the battles of Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania all took place in early and mid-May, with … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Ties to the War
Tagged battle anniversaries, Battlefield Season, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, CVBT, Emory Upton, John Sedgwick, Pvt. Oliver Cromwell Bixby, Sarah Spindle, Sewell Gray, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Greely Stevenson
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My Favorite Historical Person: Captain Sewell Gray
“Sabbath and a lovelier day never overtook a soldier,” wrote Capt. Sewell Gray on the day he died. It was Sunday, May 3, 1863, and Gray, a 22-year-old captain with the 6th Maine Infantry, was among 4,700 soldiers ordered to … Continue reading