Tag Archives: Wheeling West Virginia

“Old Squeezer”

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Chris Mackowski

You know Traveler and Cincinnati and Little Sorrel and Rienzi…. (This is starting to sound like the beginning of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”….) But have you heard the tale of “Old Squeezer”? I came across this little gem the other … Continue reading →

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Rosecrans, Fremont HQ For Sale…

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Jon-Erik Gilot

My trip into the office usually takes about seven minutes door to door if I hit the lights just right. With recent construction shutting down the interstate between the two points I’m forced to take a slightly longer detour into … Continue reading →

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“Overflowing with patriotic love for the Old Dominion and old rye whiskey…”: Western Virginia Militia Witness the Execution of John Brown

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Jon-Erik Gilot

Situated more than 200 miles and some fourteen hours by rail from Harpers Ferry, Wheeling, Virginia would seem far removed from the cataclysmic events of October 1859. Yet John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry shook Wheeling – one of the … Continue reading →

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Artillery: Old Garibaldi – A Most Unusual Cannon

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Jon-Erik Gilot

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Jon-Erik Gilot One of the more visible reminders of the Civil War – even for those of us far removed from the battlefields – are the cannons dotting our city parks, cemeteries, and … Continue reading →

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