Showing posts with label First Minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Minnesota. Show all posts
Sunday, March 1, 2020

“The whole Division except our Regiment was broken into a mob, madly pressing to the rear followed closely by the enemies lines:” William J. Colvill and the First Minnesota in the West Woods.

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William J. Colvill to Antietam Battlefield Board, December 10, 1892 Antietam Battlefield Board Correspondence, National Archives, Box 1 {...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

To the West Woods: The Correspondence of Henry Ropes, 20th Massachusetts, Entry 12

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This is the twelfth entry in the correspondence of Lieutenant Henry Ropes to his family between September 3 and October 5, 1862. Ropes was a...
Monday, May 13, 2013

"The Federal sharpshooters...gave us a good deal of worry..." John T. Block and the Louisiana Guards

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New Orleans May 30 1899 Genl E.A. Carman Washington, D.C. My dear Sir, The “Louisiana Guard Battery,” consisted of four (4) guns,...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Semmes' Brigade in the West Woods: Stores Correspondence, Part 2

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This is the second of two posts of correspondence from Captain William J. Stores, 32nd Virginia, Semmes' Brigade, to Ezra Carman of the ...

Semmes' Brigade in the West Woods: Stores' Correspondence, Part 1

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What follows is the first of two posts of correspondence from Captain William J. Stores, 32nd Virginia, Semmes' Brigade, to Ezra Carman...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

"No place for artillery:" McCarthy's Battery (Richmond Howitzers) in the West Woods

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This post opens a series on Confederate artillery units in and adjacent to the West Woods. In the morning phase of the battle (5:30 to 8:30)...
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