Walking the West Woods
Ramblings on the West Woods at Antietam National Battlefield Park
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 {...
Monday, July 22, 2019
Memorial Day 2019
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Camp Fires of the Boys in Gray by Private Carlton McCarthy [1] The substance of this paper was delivered in response to a toast at the ...
Saturday, January 5, 2019
"I will keep this stained letter for them until peace comes back": The Long Journey of Elizabeth Wright's Letter
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On Sunday, August 29, 2010 I posted an entry regarding a letter picked up on the battlefield by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes had trave...
Saturday, June 10, 2017
"They were making it rather warm for the troops on our right:" The 111th Pennsylvania and "Greene's Salient" at the Dunker Church--Part 1
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Clermont, Pa, Feb. 4 th . 1892. [1] Maj. J. M. Gould, Portland, Me. Comrade: In reply to your letter of inquiry, in regard ...
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