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Category Archives: Gettysburg
A Moment in Time: A Few Appropriate Remarks
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By Jeffrey S. Williams Most days were filled with some sort of military activity during November 1863 and the second day of the month was no exception. Skirmishing occurred at Bayou Bourbeau, Louisiana; Bates … Continue reading
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Tagged 121st Pennsylvania Infantry, 1863, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Abraham Lincoln, Adolph Birgfield, Andrew Curtin, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Street, Band of Philadelphia, Basil Biggs, Bates Township, Battle of Gettysburg, Bayou Bourbeau, Birgfield's Band of Philadelphia, Borough of Gettysburg, Brazos Island, Charles Anderson, Constitutional Union Party, Corinth, Darius Couch, David McConaughy, David Wills, Ebenezer H. James, Edward Everett, Federal District of the Frontier, Frank W. Biesecker, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg Sentinel, H. Paxton Bigham, Hanover Junction, Hanover Railroad, Henry Louis Baugher, Homage d'uns Heros, Indian Territory, James S. Townsend, John Bell, John Burns, John McNeil, Kansas, Louisiana, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mississippi, Missouri, Musical Association of Baltimore, Nathaniel P. Banks, North Central Railroad, November, Ohio, Old Hundred, Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg, Rio Grande, Robert G. Harper, Samuel Weaver, Soldiers National Cemetery Association, Steinwehr Avenue, Tad Lincoln, Taneytown Road, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas H. Stockton, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Marine Corps Band, Ward Hill Lamon, Washington DC, William H. Seward, William Saunders, William Wallace Story, Wills House, Wilson G. Horner
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Full Text of the Dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863
For the behind the scenes story about Lincoln’s day at Gettysburg, click here. ORDER OF PROCESSION FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG, PA., ON THE 19th OF NOVEMBER, 1863. Military under command of Major-General Couch. Major-General Meade … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Gettysburg, Lincoln, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Adolph Birgfield, Alfred Delaney, Benjamin Brown French, Berry Sulgrave, Birgfield's Band of Philadelphia, Chaplain, Consecration Hymn, Edward Everett, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Henry Cochrane, Henry Louis Baugher, Indianapolis Daily Journal, James G. Percival, John Burns, Louis Bourgeois, Musical Association of Baltimore, November, Old Hundred, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania College, Presbyterian Church, Thomas H. Crouch, Thomas H. Stockton, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Marine Band, U.S. Marshal, Ward Hill Lamon, Wilson G. Horner
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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary
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
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State Civil War Contingent Heads to Gettysburg to Share Minnesota’s Story
State legislators, authors, historians, students, part of group heading to historic battlefield for 150th anniversary programs, July 1-3 St. Paul, Minn. (June 28, 2013) – “‘Charge those lines!’ commanded General Winfield S. Hancock. Every man realized in an instant what … Continue reading
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Tagged 150th Anniversary, 1863, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 2013, Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Battle of Gettysburg, Betty McCollum, Cemetery Ridge, Civil War Daybook, Dean Urdahl, Explore Minnesota Tourism, First Minnesota reenactors, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Battlefield, July, Legacy Amendment, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mary Murphy, Mike Benson, Minnesota and the Civil War, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History Center, Minnesota National Guard, MNopedia, Pennsylvania, Pickett's Charge, Rick Nash, Roger Reinert, Steve Elliott, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, William Lochren, Winfield Scott Hancock, Xcel Energy
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This Week in the American Civil War: July 1-7, 1863
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday July 1, 1863 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - DAY 1 At daybreak, Confederates of Lieutenant General … Continue reading
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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
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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
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Tagged Gettysburg, injured, lightning, Reenactment, York Hospital
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