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New Civil War monument honors Minnesotans who fought at Nashville

Posted on November 26, 2014 by civilwarweek

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Members of the Battle of Nashville Preservation Society and the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force on Nov. 16 dedicated a new Civil War … Continue reading →

Posted in 1864, Battlefield Preservation, Battles, Casualties, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Events, Graves, Regiments, Uncategorized | Tagged 10th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 114th Illinois Infantry, 1864, 2014, 20th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 72nd Ohio Infantry, 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 93rd Indiana Infantry, 95th Ohio Infantry, 9th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Alabama, Ann Toplovich, Army of Tennessee, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Casualties, Civil War, Civil War Trust, Columbia, Compton's Hill, Confederate, Darryl Sannes, dead, Dean Urdahl, endangered battlefields, Florida, Florida brigade, Franklin, George H. Thomas, Granny White Pike, Hallowed Ground, History under Siege, James D. Kay Jr., James Dunn, Jeffrey Williams, Jesse J. Finley, John Bell Hood, John McArthur, John Milton Benthall, John Schofield, Ken Flies, Land Trust for Tennessee, Lucius F. Hubbard, March to the Sea, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Missouri, Nashville, Nashville National Cemetery, November, Overton's Hill, Redoubt No. 3, Redoubt No. 4, Redwood Ferry, Shy's Hill, Spring Hill, St. Louis, Tennessee, Tennessee Historical Commission, Tennessee Historical Society, Thomas Heffelfinger, U.S.-Dakota War, Union, Washington D.C., William L. Shy, William R. Marshall, William T. Sherman, Williamson County | Leave a comment

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by civilwarweek

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 10 October 1837 into great wealth with interlocking kinship ties to the Brahmin families of Forbes, Parkman, Cabot, Lodge, Hunnewell, Sturgis, and Lowell, Robert Gould Shaw had a privileged childhood. His parents insisted on perfectionist … Continue reading →

Posted in 1863, African-American, Biography, Obituaries, Regiments | Tagged 1837, 1856, 1859, 1863, 1897, 1989, 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, 2nd South Carolina, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, 7th New York State Militia, abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Anna Shaw, Annie Haggerty, Antietam, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Battery Wagner, Boston, Boston Common, Broadway, Brook Farm, Cabot, Camp Meigs, Charles Russell Lowell, Darien, David Hunter, Department of the South, Forbes, Fordham University, Fort Sumter, Frances Anne Kemble, Francis C. Barlow, Frederick Douglass, George H. Gordon, George W. Curtis, Germany, Glory (film), Harpers Weekly, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harvard University, Henry George, Henry James, Henry Stewart, Hunnewell, James Forten, James Island, James Montgomery, John Andrew, John C. Fremont, John Mercer Langston, John Murray Forbes, Johnson Hagood, July, Lodge, Lowell, Lydia Maria Child, Massachusetts, Morris Island, New York City, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, O.B. Wells, Parkman, Port Royal, Quincy A. Gillmore, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Readville, Republican Party, Richard Pierce, Robert Gould Shaw, Robert Minturn, Russell Duncan, Shenandoah Valley, Sojourner Truth, South Carolina, Sturgis, Switzerland, Sydney Howard Gay, Washington D.C., William James, William Lloyd Garrison | 1 Comment

Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary

Posted on July 12, 2013 by civilwarweek

by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On July 2, 1863, everything was chaos as smoke filled air, explosions from artillery pieces and cracking of musketry was heard throughout Gettysburg, Pa., a small borough with a population … Continue reading →

Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Gettysburg, Regiments | Tagged 1863, 1897, 1913, 1928, 1963, 1988, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Alabama Adjutant General, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Betty McCollum, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Calvin Coolidge, Cemetery Ridge, Charles P. Adams, Christopher Heffelfinger, Cushman Davis, Darryl Sannes, David Clough, Dean Urdahl, Gettysburg, Hancock the Superb, Jacob Field, John D. Cox, Joseph Periam, July, Knute Nelson, Licensed Battlefield Guide, Little Round Top, Loren Fletcher, Louis Muller, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mark W. Downie, Matthew Marvin, Minneapolis, Minnesota Adjutant General, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Pennsylvania, Perry Smith, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Rick Nash, sculptor, Second Corps, Thomas Heffelfinger, Tillie Pierce Alleman, Waldo Farrar, William Colvill, William Lochren, William Miller, Winfield Scott Hancock | Leave a comment

Quotes regarding the 14th Brooklyn N.Y.S.M. during the Civil War

Posted on April 27, 2013 by civilwarweek

The following is a list of quotes about the 14th Brooklyn, New York State Militia, compiled by Bob Duffy in the mid-1980s. The 14th Brooklyn is an oft-overlooked regiment that fought in 22 major engagements during their three years with … Continue reading →

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Narrative of the Tenth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry

Posted on July 14, 2012 by civilwarweek

By Gen. J.H. Baker [From Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars Vol. I, pp 455-471] For the purpose of raising the quota of troops to be furnished by the State of Minnesota, under the calls of the president of … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Casualties, Regiments | Tagged 10th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, A.D. Carroll, Asa Hind, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Tupelo, Benton Barracks, Birch Coolie, C.G. Dawley, Chandler Fleming, Christ Nelson, D.D. Putnam, Daniel Brucken, E.H. Matteson, E.H. Waterson, F. Chamberlain, Fish River, Flori Cori, Fort Snelling, Frank Griffen, George T. White, H. Miles Henry, Hanson Oleson, J. Capert, J.D. Furguson, J.W. Murphy, James H. Baker, James Ryan, John Bell Hood, John D. Duff, Joseph R. Webster, LeSueur Tigers, M.L. McMannon, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, Mississippi, Missouri, National Cemetery at Chalmette, Old Town Creek, P. Keating, Patrick Burke, Patrick Keating, Peter Boyer, Robert Baker, S. Benson, Sixteenth Army Corps, Spanish Fort, St. Louis, Sterling Price, Theodore Hacker, Thomas King | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Regiments

New Civil War monument honors Minnesotans who fought at Nashville

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863)

Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary

Quotes regarding the 14th Brooklyn N.Y.S.M. during the Civil War

Narrative of the Tenth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry

Muskets and Memories

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New Civil War monument honors Minnesotans who fought at Nashville

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863)

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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary

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Quotes regarding the 14th Brooklyn N.Y.S.M. during the Civil War

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Narrative of the Tenth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry

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