Civil War Notes

In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National Park Services

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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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Who Were the Dead in Rose’s Field at Gettysburg?

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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Four Versions of Warren's Uh-Oh Moment on Little Round Top

by Gordon Thorsby View from Little Round Top 2021 Gens. George Meade and Dan Sickles were having an animated discussion in the Peach...

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The "Ghost Train" in the Army of the Potomac

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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The 2nd South Carolina's Advance on Bigelow's Battery at Gettysburg

by Gordon Thorsby Capt. McManus Marvel Comics had their Avengers but in the Civil War, South Carolina had Company H of the 2nd South...

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Going Into Action The 5th US Artillery on Little Round Top

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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The Zieglers, the Culps and the 87th Pennsylvania

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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The Misplaced Minnesota Sharpshooter, John A. Dolson

by Gordon Thorsby John A. Dolson was born in 1843 in Schuyler, IL. The family moved to Richfield, MN in the present day Minneapolis...

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