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Antietam: Church of misery for 16th Connecticut

WEBChurch in Sharpsburg, Md. He died nearly. suffered at the battle. In October 1894, Connecticut veterans of Antietam, most in their early 50s and 60s, made a …

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Message in a bottle: How Antietam soldier's remains were ID'd

WEBPANORAMA: The 7th Maine made a futile attack through the Piper orchard. (Click at upper right for full-screen experience.) For William's parents, their son's death undoubtedly …

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Antietam veterans' recollections 53 years after battle

WEBOn Sept. 17, 1915, the 53rd anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, The Hartford Daily Times published short profiles and recollections of more than two dozen …

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A haunting final entry in 16th Connecticut soldier's diary

WEBHenry recovered from his wound, but was captured with most of the rest of the 16th Connecticut at Plymouth, N.C. on April 20, 1864. "Taken prisoner in the morning," …

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Death, heroes and ghouls at a Springfield cartridge factory

WEBThe Springfield tragedy revealed the best – and worst – of humanity. Atwood and 10th Massachusetts Lieutenant Lemuel Oscar Eaton and Private John Nye -- soldiers who …

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A slow, agonizing death for Private George Chamberlain

WEBAdapted from my book, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam.E-mail me for information on how to purchase an autographed copy. Click here for the Faces of the …

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Antietam: An old soldier's smalltown triumph

WEBA captain of Company G in the 16th Connecticut, Hayden also suffered at the Battle of Antietam. Struck by a bullet or piece or shell, the 26-year-old soldier was …

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Harrison's Landing: Where Lincoln met 'Little Mac' in 1862

WEBPresident Lincoln conferred with the general at Harrison's Landing on July 8, 1862, seven days after the Union army's victory at nearby Malvern Hill, the last of the Seven Days' …

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Connecticut's Photographic 'Album of the Dead'

WEBDuring the Civil War, a constant drumbeat of death was reported in Connecticut newspapers, especially the Hartford Courant and Hartford Evening …

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'I am a disarmed prisoner!' Sad life of General Thomas Smith

WEBLike this blog on Facebook. On a winter day in 1876, former Confederate brigadier general Thomas Benton Smith armed himself with a bow and arrows, mounted a horse and rode …

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Wounded at Cedar Mountain, officer 'sleeps on the enemy's soil'

WEBColor Sgt. James Hewison of Company D was so intent on avoiding capture and preventing the state colors from being snatched by the enemy that he wrapped the …

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'The Fighting Lady': Longstreet's remarkable second wife

WEBVilified throughout much of the South after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee's "Old War Horse" led an almost solitary existence in his mansion set among an extensive vineyard in …

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Nashville battle snapshot: 'A living mass' of cavalry, infantry

WEBOn Dec. 22, 1864—a week after Day 1 of the Battle of Nashville—The Iowa Transcript, a Toledo, Iowa newspaper, published this account from "T.W.C.," perhaps a …

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Civil War tragedy: A girl named Antietam

WEBIn the course of reporting for my book, “Connecticut Yankees at Antietam” (The History Press), I uncovered several compelling tales, but none was as sad as the …

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Antietam Mann's plea to FDR: 'Please read this letter'

WEB"Imperfectly developed," the girl was blind in her left eye and suffered from heart and stomach ailments. The midwives who aided the delivery blamed "depressing …

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History lost: What happened to Harris Farm battlefield

WEBOn May 19, 1864, a day a U.S. Army solder called "beautiful almost beyond description," the world turned upside down for a Massachusetts private and the family of …

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Exploring photo of soldiers' graves at Rebel prison in Richmond

WEBQuick research indicates these soldiers are most likely 1st Kentucky Private John Burns, 11th New Jersey Private William Hoffman and 1st Tennessee Private P. Wolf. Hoffman …

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Sergeant George Marsh: First Connecticut death at Antietam

WEBJohn Banks John Banks is also author of Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers.His work has been featured in such …

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Faces of the Civil War: Wadhams brothers

WEBIn an 18-day span in 1864, three brothers from Litchfield, Conn., were killed on Civil War battlefields in Virginia. I traveled to the West Cemetery in Litchfield this …

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