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November 2021 Maine at War blog posts
In November my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a new Gettysburg novel to a new monument erected at the Third Winchester battlefield in mid-month. November 3, 2021: New novel explores the 9th Massachusetts Battery, a Mainer, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
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Tagged 119th Pennsylvania Infantry, 12th Maine Infantry, 14th Maine Infantry, 1st Maine Battery, 29th Maine Infantry, 49th Pennsylvania, 5th Maine Battery, 5th Wisconsin Infantry, 6th Maine Battery, 6th Maine Infantry, 6th Maryland Infantry, 7th Maine Infantry, 7th Massachusetts Infantry, 9th Massachusetts Battery, Alexander Hanson, antietam creek, Babson College, Baltimore Pike, Brian Swartz, Charles W. Reed, Clifton Prentiss, Cyndi Dalton, Dan Sickles, David A. Russell, David Brett, David H. Jones, Eric A. Campbell, Frank P. Deane, Freeman McGilvery, Funkstown, George G. Meade, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Hallowell, Hiram Berry, Hiram Burnham, Hold At All Hazards, Horatio G. Wright, Jacob Eckess, James Longstreet, James Touchstone, John Andrews, John Bigelow, John F. Shuman, John S. Heiser, Jubal Early, Kennebec County, Kentucky Military Institute, Maine at War, Morris C. Berry, Nicholas Picerno, Peter Dalton, Phil Sheridan, Reuel Furlong, Robert E. Lee, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, Soldier's National Monument, Third Winchester, West Virginia, William Barksdale, William H. Weeks, William Prentiss
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War Comes to St. George’s (part three)
(part three in a series) With the Union army occupying Fredericksburg, change was in the air, with runaway slaves and soldiers coming in and out of town, mixing freely with the citizens. Betty Herndon Maury describes the scene: Runaway Negroes … Continue reading →
Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Death of William Barksdale
Part of a series. Brigadier General William Barksdale had been champing at the bit all day July 2nd to go into action. The 41 year old Tennessee native was one of the hardest charging leaders in Robert E. Lee’s army. … Continue reading →
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
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Tagged 125th New York, 126th New York, 148th Pennsylvania, 14th Vermont, 1st Minnesota, Alfred Hamilton, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Humphreys, Cadmus Wilcox, Daniel Sickles, David Lang, Emmitsburg Road, George Willard, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Harpers Ferry Regiments, Harris Barksdale, Hummelbaugh Farm, peach orchard, Robert Cassidy, Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Stonewall Jackson, William Barksdale
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The Death of Augustus Perkins
Early in the morning of December 11, 1862, Captain Augustus S. Perkins was shot through the neck and was likely dead before his body hit the ground. Falling victim to some of the opening shots of the Battle of Fredericksburg, … Continue reading →
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory, Personalities
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Tagged 15th New York Engineers, 50th New York Engineers, Aquia Creek, Athens Pennsylvania, Augustus S. Perkins, Battle of Fredericksburg, Daniel Woodbury, Grand Army of the Republic, Ira Spaulding, Lower Crossing at Fredericksburg, Middle Crossing at Fredericksburg, Pontoon Bridges, Thomas Owen, U.S. Engineers, Upper Crossing at Fredericksburg, Wesley Brainerd, William Barksdale
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