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Abner Doubleday’s Notes on Forts Sumter and Moultrie
by Gordon Thorsby Ft. Moultrie (courtesy of NPS) Abner Doubleday had a book published through Harper’s named “Forts Sumter and Moultrie...
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Apr 14, 20225 min read
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An All Naval Fight at Plum Point Bend
by Gordon Thorsby On May 10, 1862, a naval only operation took place in an effort to finish breaking the hold on the northern Mississippi...
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Apr 13, 20223 min read
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The Michiganders Meet the Lancaster Grays and the Invincibles
by Gordon Thorsby View near Knoxville of the Tennessee River Maj. Gen Ambrose Burnside established a delaying defense so the could get...
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Apr 12, 20224 min read
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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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Apr 11, 20223 min read
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Memories of War From David Webb, 3rd Michigan Infantry
by Gordon Thorsby David Webb, a veteran who survived the war, lived into the depression era dying in Chesaning, MI in 1936. We are...
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Apr 7, 20224 min read
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The Beef: A Regular Subject In Letters to Home?
by Gordon Thorsby Painter Conrad Wise Chapman, CSA 1861-65 Private John A. James, a soldier in the Army of Tennessee in Winter Camp at...
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Apr 6, 20222 min read
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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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Apr 5, 20224 min read
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Brutality in Fighting With the 23rd Michigan
by Gordon The 23rd Michigan experienced the war when it became its ugliest. Soldiers no longer spoke of glory, grand victory, or...
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Apr 4, 20224 min read
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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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Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Sherman’s Gateway to North Carolina, The Bridge at Cheraw
by Gordon Thorsby Sherman’s forces steadily moved north from Columbia nearing the North Carolina state line. He faked west toward...
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Mar 30, 20224 min read
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What One Private Observed Entering the Town of Franklin
by Gordon Thorsby Ferguson’s Artillery was advancing toward Nashville but it was constantly in a state of “catch up" as the Army of...
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Mar 29, 20222 min read
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The Just Desserts for Foraging?
By Gordon Thorsby On Memorial Day, Saturday, in 2015, wreaths were placed on graves of veterans from the Wars of 1812, Mexican, WWII, and...
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Mar 28, 20222 min read
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Mid-Michigan's Contribution to De Golyer's Battery
by Gordon Thorsby ( De Golyer's Battery and Michigan Marker at Vicksburg (courtesy of NPS) Samuel De Golyer was a lieutenant in the 4th...
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Mar 24, 20225 min read
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Samuel Thurston, Died of Wounds in 1897?
by Gordon Thorsby The Grand Rapids Herald reported 9, February, 1897 that Samuel Thurston, Civil War veteran had died of his wounds. Is...
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Mar 23, 20223 min read
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When Beauregard's Napoleons Departed Missionary Ridge
by Gordon Thorsby Thomas Barker Ferguson was a twenty-one Citadel graduate when he was made first lieutenant of his forming artillery...
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Mar 22, 20223 min read
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When CSS Alabama was Sinking
by Gordon Thorsby A sailor-poet on Alabama wrote as his ship steamed out from Cherbourg harbor: “We’re homeward, we’re homeward bound...
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Mar 21, 20223 min read
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Retribution in a Total War
by Gordon Thorsby On February 28, 1865, in Chesterfield County near the SC/NC state line, the body of Pvt. Robert M. Woodruff, Co. H of...
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Mar 17, 20223 min read
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"Until the End" With the Fourth Michigan Cavalry
by Gordon Thorsby In the Flushing History Museum near Flint, MI, a banner from the local GAR is proudly displayed of those that fought in...
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Mar 16, 20224 min read
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No Getting Around Johnson's Crook on the Way to Chickamauga
by Gordon Thorsby There were Rivers, swamps, mountains, creeks, fords, and gaps. Then, there was Johnson’s Crook? Typical geography...
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Mar 15, 20223 min read
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The Origin of "Sherman's March to the Sea"
by Gordon Thorsby Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years...
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Mar 14, 20225 min read
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