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The Sleeping Sentry’s Final Rest
“By the hand of God helping me, I shall some day outride the storms of affliction and land my soul on the other side of Jordan and head our weary souls home to rest where there shall be no death. … Continue reading
Alexander Gardner and the Good Death
Of the thousands of Civil War photographs, only several truly iconic images exist that specialists and non-specialists alike immediately recognize. One such image is the subject of today’s post: Timothy O’Sullivan’s “The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg.” The scene … Continue reading
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Tagged "a sharpshooters last sleep", "the home of the rebel sharpshooter", Alexander Gardner, casualties, Casualties of the Civil War, civil war photography, dead sharpshooter, death, Devil's Den, Gettysburg, good death, sharpshooter photo, soldier death
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War Poetry
I love what is popularly called “war poetry,” and I love those war poets as well. This piece came across my screen a day or so ago. It is British-Welsh poet Edward Thomas, who began writing poetry in 1914, although … Continue reading
