Thursday, June 18, 2009

"I could not refuse if my life paid the forfeit." A letter from Thomas C. Fisher, 125th Pennsylvania, to his father.

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In the fall of 2008 an image of a letter was posted at an auction gallery website. By December 28, 2008 the letter had been sold. What follo...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Texas in the West Woods

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This afternoon a young man and his family stopped by the Philadelphia Brigade Monument for a visit. They were from East Texas and were touri...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Jedediah's Map

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The Hotchkiss Map Collection at the Library of Congress contains 341 sketchbooks, manuscripts, and annotated printed maps made by Major Jed...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Second Corps Hospital--The Susan Hoffman Farm

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My route to the field takes me by way of the Keedysville Road. After crossing the stone bridges across the Little Antietam and then the Anti...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

7th South Carolina

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On Sunday, early in the morning, a cold front rolled through northern Maryland. With it came rain which gave way to blue, sparkling skies, a...
Monday, June 1, 2009

The West Woods Missing: Part 2

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On September 20, 1862, B. General Oliver O. Howard wrote the Official Report for Sedgwick's Division. Normally, the division commander w...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Reforestation

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Here are some views of the middle section of the West Woods taken on Saturday. In this view above, you are looking south from a point about ...
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