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Tag Archives: James Shields
Civil War photos: Help sought to solve old mystery
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the rouged cheeks of one, the other … Continue reading
Posted in Museums, Original Photos
Tagged 1865, 2nd Virginia Infantry, 3rd virginia Cavalry, Ann Drury Wellford, Battle of Shiloh, Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, Confederate, Corinth, Fredericksburg, Heartwell Kincaid Adams, High Bridge, James Shields, Jeffrey Ruggles, Kilmartin, L.M.C. Lee, Mississippi, Museum of the Confederacy, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, photography, Port Royal, Richmond, Sam Craghead, The Blue and Gray in Black and White, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas W. Timberlake, unidentified, Union, Virginia, Walter Blunt
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This Week in the American Civil War: June 4-10, 1862
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday June 4, 1862 Confederate troops regretfully completed their evacuation of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, frightened Southern planters were burning immense amounts of … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Arkansas, Battle of Memphis, Benjamin F. Butler, Carondelet, Charles Davis, Chickahominy River, Corinth, Cross Keys, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Pillow, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, James E. Montgomery, James Island, James Shields, Jefferson Davis, John C. Fremont, John Pope, Louisiana, Memphis, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Mint, Peninsula Campaign, Port Republic, Queen of the West, Richard Ewell, Richmond, Rogers' Gap, Shenandoah River, South Carolina, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Van Dorn, Virginia, West Fork, White River, William B. Mumford, Wilson's Gap, Winchester, Yazoo River
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