Civil War Notes

In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National Park Services

On the Skirmish Line with the 136th NY "Ironclads" at Gettysburg

by Gordon Thorsby "Skirmish Line" by William Gilbert Gaul West Point Museum “It is a terrible experience to support batteries when...

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Oct 10, 20224 min read

by Gordon Thorsby An Unknown soldier returned to SC from unknown origin Gardner's photographs after the Battle of Gettysburg documented...

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Jun 30, 20225 min read

by Gordon Thorsby Does History repeats itself? Of course it does. Current events confirm it as we witness the Ukrainian conflict in...

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Apr 11, 20223 min read

by Gordon Thorsby Battery D, 5th U.S. at Fredericksburg (Timothy O'Sullivan) Griffin’s West Point Battery went to Manassas, approved by...

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Mar 31, 20223 min read

by Gordon Thorsby Gettysburg National, Evergreen Cemetery in Background When Emanuel went to the enlist in the army on September 7, 1861,...

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Feb 16, 20224 min read