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Tag Archives: Thomas Francis Galwey
A Slave Ship Crewman in the 8th Ohio at Antietam?
On September 16, 1862, a man in a Union blue coat hid in the ranks of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment. If the stories he had told his friends were true, he could have been indicted by a Federal court … Continue reading
Favorite Soldier Memoirs
In his self-published book An Epic on “Old Abe,” The War Eagle (The War Eagle Book Association, 1894), S. C. Miles, a veteran of the 8th Wisconsin, extolled the virtue of first-person accounts of the war. Such accounts required “no … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged Civil War News, Daniel Holt, Jack Melton, John Haley, Live Eagle Brigade, Memoirs, National Tribune, Old Abe war eagle, Rice Bull, S. C. Miles, soldier memoirs, The Rebel Yell & The Yankee Hurrah, The Valiant Hours, Theodore Lyman, Thomas Francis Galwey, Wilbur Fisk, Wisconsin Historical Society
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We All Want to be a Little Irish Because of the Civil War
St. Patrick’s Day is the one day of the year everyone wants to be Irish. I can’t blame them. My Polish last name, Mackowski, belies the Cawley and Dempsey in me, so few people realize I’m Irish—but it’s there aplenty, … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: Thomas Francis Galwey
When asked the question about someone from the time period of the American Civil War that I admire most, I must admit it was daunting to pick just one individual. It would be easy to pick one a Grant, Lee, … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 8th Ohio, common soldier, diary, favorite17, Irish Americans, The Valiant Hours, Thomas Francis Galwey, underage soldier
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