Civil War Notes

In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National Park Services

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Southern Men Who Could not Return Home, the 53 Unknown

by Gordon Thorsby Evergreen Cemetery, Chester SC National cemeteries often have unknown soldiers who died without identification. Others...

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The Sharpshooter's Harvest, Lt. David Logan, 17th South Carolina Infantry

by Gordon Thorsby Lt. David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina (Pre-War) On December 28, 1860, David Jackson wrote home mentioning the...

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Can We Understand the Bragg-Johnston Switches in the Western Theater?

by Gordon Thorsby Albert Sidney Johnston died early. His strong abilities had previously been demonstrated as possibly the best, but...

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First Northern Civil War Hero: Billy Tillman, Ship’s Cook and Free Black Man

by Gordon Thorsby Harper's Weekly (generally the only thing to show of the incident.) The Civil War had many heroes. Billy Tillman (also...

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