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Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm
Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 106th New York, 13th Georgia, 14th New Jersey, 61st Georgia, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, Christian Keefer Thomas, Clement Evans, Eugene C. Gordon, Frederick, James H. Baker, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Tigers, Monocacy, Stonewall Brigade, Thomas Farm, William Seward Jr.
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Mourning a Friend
Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. died almost 130 years before I was born. And yet, as I read his letters from the Civil War, I found myself identifying with Vredenburgh and thinking of him as a close companion. Which perhaps explains why, … Continue reading
