Category Archives: Historical Memory

Ghosts

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

    October is a big month for the ghost industry in Gettysburg. Capitalizing on people’s fascination with the paranormal is a thriving business here and at other historical sites across the country. But this week’s post is about a different … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Monument Series – The Horse Hoof Question: An Enduring Myth

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

    Besides the myth that the Confederates blundered into battle at Gettysburg because they were looking for shoes, there is no more enduring Gettysburg legend than the one about the position of the horse hooves on the battlefield’s equestrian monuments. … Continue reading →

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A Burial in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

   His name was Clifford Henderson. He was from Ohio, served in the U.S. Army, but he did not serve in the Civil War, although he is buried in the Civil War section. Who was Clifford Henderson? Why was he … Continue reading →

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Romances of Gettysburg – The Barlow-Gordon Incident, Part 3

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

    Nearly everything we know about the Barlow-Gordon incident came from John B. Gordon. What did Francis Barlow have to say about it? The answer is Barlow did not write about the war. His son Charles wrote to the National … Continue reading →

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Romances of Gettysburg – The Barlow-Gordon Incident, Part 2

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

    Who was Clarkson Nott Potter? He is important to unraveling the Barlow-Gordon story, for it was at his Washington, D.C. residence that John B. Gordon says he met Francis C. Barlow again, sixteen years after the Battle of Gettysburg. … Continue reading →

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Romances of Gettysburg – The Barlow-Gordon Incident

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

    It is perhaps the most well known human-interest story of the Battle of Gettysburg; Confederate Brigadier General John B. Gordon, his troops in pursuit of the retreating Federal soldiers of the 11th Corps on the afternoon of July 1, … Continue reading →

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Faces of Gettysburg – Francis Ashbury Wallar – Medal of Honor Winner

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

   He went by Frank rather than Francis or Ashbury. When he died on April 30, 1911, Earl Rodgers, Wallar’s former commander of old Company I, 6th Wisconsin, recalled; “Wallar was one of the few soldiers who at no time … Continue reading →

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Who Shot J.R.? Part Three

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

    Four years after his letter to Samuel Bates about Reynolds’ death, in 1880, Joseph Rosengarten gave the keynote address for the presentation of the Ole Balling (a Dutch artist) portrait of General Reynolds to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. … Continue reading →

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Romances of Gettysburg: Who Shot J. R.? Part Two

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

    Before we begin to examine the sources that document Reynolds death and explore what they reveal to us about who might have shot him, it will help those readers unfamiliar with this incident to briefly review the events leading … Continue reading →

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Romances of Gettysburg – Who Shot J. R.?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

    J. R. is, of course, Union General John F. Reynolds, the highest ranking officer to lose his life in the Battle of Gettysburg. He was killed early in the battle on July 1, soon after he made a crucial … Continue reading →

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