The stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
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What is Ron Chernow’s “Grant?” For all the literary skill Ron Chernow possesses, there are some old Civil War myths he accepts unquestionably – and uncited – in his Grant book. Mostly about peripheral characters. I’m not surprised T. J. Stiles, who did the same things in his Custer book, blurbed “Grant.” Yes, I know. […]
Real life is cramping my style right about now, so while I have this chance I’ll remind you that I have two speaking engagements this month. You can find them and any other of my engagements by following the Book Me, Danno! link in the banner above, but briefly I’ll be at the GAR […]
Head on over to Damian Shiels’s Irish in the American Civil War for this read on The Men Who Led the 69th New York on the Bull Run Battlefield. The tour is May 11. Remember, rain or shine. We’ll meet at the Stone Bridge parking lot at 9 AM. Dress for the weather.
…the recently unearthed soldier remains at Manassas National Battlefield Park. https://www.c-span.org/video/?457702-10/soldier-remains-manassas
WAR CORRESPONDENCE. ———- After the Battle – Letter from Wilbur D. Cook, of Capt. Schoeffel’s Company. Mr. Cook, who was left in charge of the camp and the sick, writes his parents as follows. Camp Union, Va., Monday, July 22 – 10 A.M. I suppose you are aware that our troops have been beaten, and […]
WAR CORRESPONDENCE. ———- The March from Camp Union, and the Battle of Thursday Camp near Centreville, July 20, 1861. I wrote in my last that we left Camp Union on the 16th. The columns started at 2 P.M., during the greatest heat, and marched through a dense forest, that was interrupted only by a few […]
WAR CORRESPONDENCE. ———- Important Letters from Capt. Adolph Nolte – A Graphic and Concise Description of the Great Battle – The Irrepressible Thirteenth in Action – Their Achievements – No Reinforcements – The Retreat, Etc. ———- [Translated for the Evening Express, from the Rochester Observer] Camp Union, July 1861. As you perceive from this letter, […]
Extract from a Private Letter. Camp Union, Va. July 18. Dear Mother: The whole regiment left day before yesterday, with the exception of the sick and one able-bodied man from each company. I was detailed from our company to stay. I do the cooking for five sick men and do guard duty at night. The […]
Company C*, 14th Regiment, Camp Porter, July 23, 1861. Friend Joe – I hasten to inform you that our boys are all well, not one of us shot, but some very narrow escapes, such as balls passing through our caps, coats, &c. I will now try and give you a description of the march and […]
Headquarters, 14th Regt., N. Y. S. M., Camp Porter, Co. H, Washington, July 23, 1861. Dear Father, Mother, and Sister: – I now take this opportunity to let you know the hardships I have gone through since writing my last letter. On last Tuesday, the 16th, we left our encampment, and marched to Fairfax, and […]
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