Tag Archives: Historical Memory

“The enemy were on the gun and limber…” Private John Norwood’s narrow escape at Gettysburg.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Gettysburg National Military Park

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 →

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A Burial in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Gettysburg National Military Park

   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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Who Shot J.R.? Part Three

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Gettysburg National Military Park

    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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