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“The enemy were on the gun and limber…” Gunner John Norwood’s narrow escape at Gettysburg.
One of most harrowing stories of the battle of Gettysburg is the experience of the 9th Massachusetts Battery. Told again and again through publications and by the monuments that mark the battery’s position at the park, it’s near destruction adjacent … Continue reading
Veteran J. Thompson Brown, the Virginia Monument and General Lee
The 76 year-old Confederate veteran could hardly contain himself as he answered a letter from his Union friend Henry Moyer of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Moyer had been corresponding with the man for several years and his latest letter included a very troubling clipping … Continue reading
Accessing Archives- A Summer of Researching the Civil War
As the Archival Research Intern at Gettysburg National Military Park during the summer of 2015, I have had the unique opportunity to conduct research at the National Archives, the Army Heritage and Education Center, Maryland Historical Society, and the Union … Continue reading
Sergeant Stouch Returns to Gettysburg
We at Gettysburg National Military Park are fortunate to have so many visitors who come to the park with unique documents and photos handed down through their families. Last week was no exception when a visitor from Texas walked through the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Memory, Photography, Veterans
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“The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter” Revisited, Part III
Can the uniform of the dead soldier in “The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg” provide us with additional details about his identity? Possibly, but understanding how Lee’s vast army was uniformed in the summer of 1863 is a challenge … Continue reading
“The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter” Revisited, Part II
There are several points to consider in our attempt to identify the regiment to which the deceased “sharpshooter” belonged, which also tells the story of his death on this hillside at Devil’s Den. The first begins with the Confederate regiments … Continue reading
“The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter” Revisited, Part 1
One of the most iconic images of Gettysburg is the photograph of a deceased young Confederate soldier lying behind a stone barricade at Devil’s Den. This graphic image was first published in 1866 in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the … Continue reading
Posted in 15th Georgia Infantry, Aftermath, Burials, Historical Memory, Photography
Tagged Alexander Gardner
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“Killed at Spotsylvania”
After an all-night march, Union soldiers of Maj. Gen. Gouvernor Warren’s 5th Corps arrived not far from Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia on May 8th, 1864. The men were exhausted and bloodied, having trudged through the night and having for the previous two … Continue reading
Posted in Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Historical Memory, Interpretive Programs
Tagged 150th, Alexander Hays, Alexander Webb, Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park, James Longstreet, James Wadsworth, John Sedgwick, Overland Campaign, Spotsylvania, Wilderness
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The Lee Controversy of 1903
Monuments and memorials seem to breed controversy. Take for example a current battle brewing in Florida over a proposed monument to Union soldiers killed in the battle of Olustee. Or you could turn your gaze to Washington D.C. where battles … Continue reading
Was Lincoln an Afterthought?
As we near the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the question of the president’s involvement in the dedication ceremony. Was he … Continue reading
