Monday, February 27, 2012

Searching for Lavinia Grove: Some Preliminary Notes

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On Thursday, September 18, 1862 Captain Philologus Loud of the 10th Georgia took advantage of an informal truce and "buried 15 of our r...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

"It getting dark and plank scarce:" Philologus H. Loud and the 10th Georgia in the West Woods

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Philologus H. Loud[1] to Ezra A. Carman, Williston, South Carolina, Sept 2, 1898 Gen. E.A. Carman | War Dept | Washington D.C. Dear Sir Fo...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Illumination 2011

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Dunkard Church, looking North Northwest, 17:04 Hrs., Saturday, December 3, 2011 At the break of dawn thousands of volunteers began layi...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

"Such destruction that as I had never seen before:" H.W. Addison and the 7th South Carolina, Part 2

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Photo ca. 1884 showing the area south of the Dunkard Church. The Seventh S.C. pushed out of the West Woods just to south of the farmhou...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

"It was, where I was the bloodiest for us:" H.W. Addison and the 7th South Carolina, Part 1

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The Antietam Studies series at the National Archives contains correspondence to Ezra Carman from those who were on the field on September 17...
Monday, October 3, 2011

"Just wide enough for two wagons:" Robert L. Lagemann's Investigation of the Hagerstown Pike

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Illustration 1. Lagemann Photo Number 10. Taken June 1, 1903. The glare emanating from the church comes from the glossy photo reflectio...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Clifton Johnson, Alexander Davis, and "The Hired Man" (Part 2)

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This is the second and concluding post from "The Hired Man" in Clifton Johnson's Battleground Adventures: The Stories of Dwell...