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Category Archives: Gettysburg
Wisconsin Civil War hero could get Medal of Honor
by Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Alonzo H. Cushing is close to receiving the Medal of Honor, almost 150 years after his heroic actions at the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. A little-noticed provision of a House-approved defense … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Gettysburg
Tagged 4th U.S. Artillery, Alonzo Cushing, Andrew Jackson Smith, Bill Clinton, Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Delafield, Frederick Fuger, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, Herb Kohl, James Sensenbrenner, John Heiser, John McHugh, La Crosse, Margaret Zerwekh, Medal of Honor, Menomonee Falls, National Park Service, Pickett's Charge, poshumously, Ron Kind, Theodore Roosevelt, William Proxmire, Wisconsin
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Exhibit looks at role of railroads in the Civil War
Originally Published Apr 20, 2012 22:20 By LARRY ALEXANDER – Lancaster Online By the time of his death in 1885, just 35 days shy of his 60th birthday, Anson Stager had served as the president of several powerful companies: Western … Continue reading
Posted in Gettysburg, Museums, Railroad
Tagged ammunition, Andrew J. Etman, Anson Stager, Antietam, Arkansas, Boston, Charlie Fox, Chicago Edison Company, Chicago Telephone Company, Culp's Hill, George G. Meade, Gettysburg, Governor, Harrisburg, Henry Fonda, John White Geary, Jubal Early, Lancaster, Maryland, McKay and Aldus, Mississippi River, Mount Wolf, Nathaniel McKay, New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Second Division, Stager's code, Susquehanna River, Taneytown, telegraph, Ten Eyck Hilton Fonda, U.S. Army, U.S. Military Telegraph, Virginia, Washington D.C., Western Electric, wiretappers, XII Corps
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Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III, C.S.A. (1818-1902)
Born Wade Hampton III in Charleston, South Carolina, the man who would assume J.E.B. Stuart’s mantle had much to live up to even at birth. His grandfather, the first Wade Hampton, had served in the American Revolution, and both his … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Gettysburg, Graves
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Bourbon Democrats, cavalry, Confederacy, CSA, Douglas Southall Freeman, emancipated slaves, First Bull Run, Fitzhugh Lee, Governor, Hampton Legion, Jefferson Davis, Petersburg, Ream's Station, Robert E. Lee, South Carolina, Travilian Station, Wade Hampton III
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Lightning strike injures 5 Gettysburg reenactors, 3 hospitalized; 3 tents damaged
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — A lightning strike at a camp of Civil War reenactors in Gettysburg, Pa., has sent five people to hospitals. The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee says in a statement that during a severe thunderstorm at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, … Continue reading
Posted in Gettysburg, Reenactment
Tagged Gettysburg, injured, lightning, Reenactment, York Hospital
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Gettysburg Address text
On this date 148 years ago, the final battle, forever known as Pickett’s Charge, occurred at Gettysburg, Pa. Even though the speech was not given until November 1863, it is still important, during this Civil War Sesquicentennial, to take a … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Gettysburg, Lincoln
Tagged Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Grace Bedell, Lincoln, Pennsylvania
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Fairfield opens local Civil War 150th anniversary events
BY JARRAD HEDES Gettysburg Times Staff Writer It is officially American Civil War Commemoration weekend in Fairfield, with events slated throughout the town today. The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” played loudly Friday night while re-enactors, local residents and dignitaries … Continue reading
In Memoriam Harold Small – LBG #30
Information courtesy of The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides Harold J. Small, 83, 45 Redding Lane, Gettysburg, died Friday morning, April 15, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 7, 1928 in Gettysburg, the son of … Continue reading
Taking “The Gettysburg Test”
By John Hildebrandt The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable Article originally published in 2009 If, as William Faulkner postulated, at least once in the life of every Southern boy, it is 3 p.m. on a warm July afternoon in the shallow … Continue reading
Civil War Trust Lauds Transfer of Gettysburg Country Club Site to National Park Service
(Gettysburg, Pa., March 25, 2011) – After years spent with its fate hanging in the balance, the Department of the Interior today announced that the 95-acre site of the former Gettysburg Country Club has officially become part of Gettysburg National Military … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Preservation, Gettysburg
Tagged Civil War Trust, Gettysburg, Historic Preservation, Museums
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