Gordon Thorsby
The Mystery of William Perry Sutton and William Dota, Church's Artillery and 15th U.S.
by Gordon Thorsby Sometimes ordinary men did extraordinary things and there were times, ordinary men just did ordinary things, Then,...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Feb 2, 2022
- 5 min
A Trooper's Death, a Lasting Memory in Lancaster, 1865
by Gordon Thorsby Of the over 3.5+ million men who served in Union and Confederate Armies, of over 700, 000+ that died, an encounter with...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
The Well Traveled Saddle of Alonzo Bull in the 10th Michigan Cavalry
by Gordon Thorsby In a history museum in Chesaning, Michigan is located a seemingly ordinary saddle. The museum is in an old church near...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 31, 2022
- 5 min
Close Family Ties, Rarely Connected in the Gettysburg Story
by Gordon Thorsby Slyder Farm, taken October 2020 We write of the soldiers who fought here. For the people around Gettysburg, they lived...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
Thomas and Longstreet, Much in Common
by Gordon Thorsby There were two generals during the war who possessed great talent to gain victories against their enemies, George H....
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
A Sword for Lt. Randolph Ransom
by Gordon Thorsby Thirty-five young men of Flushing marched off to Flint on July 29, 1861 to fight. Randolph Ransom, 32 years old at the...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Montfort McRae and Miss Emeline Pigott, Confederate soldier and Confederate Spy
by Gordon Thorsby In 1860, Emeline Piggott could not have known that life would take her down an untraveled and twisted path. It was a...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Coffeeville, Mississippi, December 5, 1862
by Gordon Thorsby After the victories of Shiloh, Corinth and Iuka, Mississippi, Ulysses Grant saw that the Confederacy was open for...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 18, 2022
- 4 min
Detail of Longstreet's Wounds at the Wilderness
by Gordon Thorsby The details of Stonewall Jackson's wounds are well known. The details of James Longstreet's wounding at the Wilderness...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Fighting at Resaca, a Letter Home from a Nashville Hospital
by Gordon Thorsby Aaron Burr Walker, Co. D 136th NY Infantry was a farmer from Wyoming County in western New York where he enlisted in...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
A Country Waltz at Wilson's Store
by Gordon Thorsby It was late February,1865 and Sherman had just completed traumatizing South Carolina as his two wings tore their way...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
A Moment of Honor for a Confederate Gunner in Michigan.
by Gordon Thorsby After the Civil War, soldiers on both sides moved to the north and south. Life took them places and it was not unusual....
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 11, 2022
- 4 min
Roder's Lone Gun at Gettysburg
by Gordon Thorsby Lieutenant John W. Roder would probably have stood to the left of guns #1 and #2, supervising the cannoneers’ work and...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Traveling 52nd Indiana, Known as the Railroad Regiment
by Gordon Thorsby The Fifty-Second Volunteers like most other volunteer units. The recruits came mostly from Rushville and Indianapolis....
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 7, 2022
- 5 min
Poor Judgment or With Bad Intent, Brigadier General Speed S. Fry
by Gordon Thorsby When one is studying people and places in the Civil War, it happens that people who earned ignominious distinction is...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 6, 2022
- 4 min
A Work in Progress Whatever Became of Private Edward Loony?
by Gordon Thorsby The story of Edward Loony is truly a work-in-progress and one that may never be resolved. Unfortunately, we rarely...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
The Recovery of Gun Tubes in 2015 and the Very Short Life of the CSS Pee Dee
by Gordon Thorsby Three naval gun tubes of were recovered from the Pee Dee River after an extensive effort in 2015. Two Brooke Guns and a...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 4, 2022
- 4 min
The One Hundred Days Men of the 156th Ohio Volunteers
by Gordon Thorsby Discharge Certificate of Jay McKaig When the rest of the soldiers who had enlisted for quiet camp duty were finally...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
From the Western Theater, Letters Home, 1862-63
by Gordon Thorsby Soldiers in blue and gray were quite similar to us when it came to things back home. The primary differences were in...
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Gordon Thorsby
- Dec 30, 2021
- 4 min
Modern Day Forensics and the Curious Case of One Col. William Shy, 20th TN CSA
by Gordon Thorsby The Assault on Compton's Hill December 15th,1864, had ended with costly gains made against the Confederate lines by...
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