Thursday, June 10, 2010

Recovering Fence Lines

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Sometime in the 1930s an aerial photograph was made of the battlefield looking eastward in the direction of the New York monument and the Du...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

The Cope-Carmen Map Revision of 1908

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Recently, the Library of Congress posted on its American Memory Project website the 1908 revised Cope-Carman maps of the "Atlas of the ...
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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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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"I shall never Cease to mourn his death"--Letter of Lemuel Stetson to His Sons

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An earlier post (November 11, 2009) chronicled the journey of Lemuel Stetson to Sharpsburg to bring his son, John L. Stetson, home. John St...
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Winter in the Woods

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On Saturday, I wandered over in the direction of Hauser's Ridge in order to take a few pix for an upcoming post on Confederate artillery...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

"My men were behaving beautifully:" E.M. Morrison and 15th Virginia advance on the West Woods

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Captain Emmet Masalon Morrison (1841-1932) led Company C of the 15th Virginia Regiment into the West Woods as part of Brigadier General Paul...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Philadelphia Brigade Park

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The Philadelphia Brigade Park is stop number 5 on the auto tour of the field. It is marked by a stone obelisk rising 73 feet above the surro...
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