Another of the old battle-marked oak trees that stood along Mansfield avenue was cut down by the battlefield workers. This tree stood alone along Mansfield avenue and undoubtedly sheltered more than one soldier during the battle.
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The date May 12 was one that surely resonated with the soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania, those who survived the war and its tremendous bloodletting, for it was on that date--in 1864--at Spotsylvania, where the regiment suffered some of its highest loss in the entirety of the war. Twenty-six men of the regiment were killed; ninety-nine wounded, and at least eleven missing in action, for a total casualty count of 128, sustained on this date--May 12--149 years ago. Next to Second Bull Run, where...
I have some big news that I have been holding off on sharing for quite some time. Now, because the summer sesaon is fast approaching, this seems like as good a time as any to post about it on here. Starting on May 19, I will be working as a park ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park for the 2013 season!
For most of the winter, I was uncertain whether I would have any NPS work this year at all. In fact, for awhile it appeared as though I was done with the...
150 years ago, from his headquarters near Lancaster, Kentucky, forty-one-year-old James Nagle, after wrestling with the thought for some time, reluctantly tendered his resignation from the army and was preparing to bid farewell to the men of his command, and particularly those of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, the regiment he had raised in the summer of 1861 from his native Schuylkill County. Since the beginning of 1863, if not earlier, Nagle had been in poor health, suffering from the onset...
One of the great losses to the Confederate cause happened on this date of May 10, 1863 in the death of General Stonewall Jackson. This was, of course, due to his accidental shooting by his own forces in the grand confusion of that dark evening of eight days prior at the Battle of Chancellorsville. His left arm was amputated, and infections and pneumonia followed. General Lee is reported to have sent word to Jackson with some version of “you have lost your left arm, but I my right.” One the...
Sorry for the lack of posts on here as of late. I am staying in park housing at Antietam, and do not have internet there. Thus, I have to use internet elsewhere and have not been blogging as much as of late. Expect this trend of fewer posts to continue for the time being, unless things change. I am quite busy with NPS work, working on my Kennesaw Mountain book for the History Press, as well as working my part time job writing history lessons for educationportal.com.
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Not really new, and not even new to me. But just to add it to the collection, here’s FUN: This one is still my favorite.
On this rainy day of May 5th, 150 years ago, the Army of the Potomac was retreating to the north across the Rappahannock River at the United States Ford. Though a midnight council of war had met to consider the matter and had voted 3-2 to stay and continue the fight, Hooker had decided to pull back … and that is what happened throughout this day and into the morning of the 6th.
But to quickly summarize the 3rd and 4th (since the last post of 3 days ago on the 2nd) … Relentless and...
On this date of May 2nd of 1863, the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville featured disasters for each side. The Union’s right flank would be crushed by a surprise attack, while the Confederates would mistakenly mortally wound Lee’s right arm – General Stonewall Jackson.
Confederate forces were spotted moving south of Chancellorsville, perceived by Hooker as a withdrawal. In fact, though moving south, before long they took a road to the west and thus were in a position to...
The huge Battle of Chancellorsville kicked off in earnest on this date of May 1st in 1863. In the last post of several days ago, I finished with this quote of a note to the Army of the Potomac from General Hooker – a note that EVERYONE who writes about Chancellorsville includes in their comments: “It is with heartfelt satisfaction the commanding general announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out...
The latest entry in Savas Beatie’s Emerging Civil War series is The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson: The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy’s Greatest Icon, by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White, a new edition of the similarly titled Thomas Publications release from 2010. This update includes 50 pages of new material, nearly 200 illustrations, [...]
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