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Category Archives: Commissioned Officers
U.S. Major Sullivan Ballou (Soldier Profile series)
Sullivan Ballou, U.S. Major Birth Date: March 28, 1829 Birth Place: Smithfield, Rhode Island Date of Death: July 29, 1861 Location of Death: Manassas, Virginia Education: Brown University and National Law School Military Experience: Civil War Major Battles: First Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioned Officers, Soldier Profiles
Tagged 2d Rhode Island Infantry, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northeastern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Fort Sumter, Camp Sprague, David Hunter, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Fort Sumter, Irvin McDowell, Nathan Evans, Sullivan Ballou, Sullivan Ballou letter, William Sprague
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US Colonel John C Black (Soldier Profile series)
One of my favorite Federal soldiers, from the Trans-Mississippi Theater, is US Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black of the 37th Illinois Infantry regiment. Black was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions storming a prepared Confederate position at the … Continue reading
Alonzo H. Cushing, US Lieutenant (Soldier Profile Series)
Alonzo H. Cushing, US First Lieutenant Birth Date: January 19, 1841 Birth Place: Delafield, Wisconsin Date of Death: July 3, 1863 Location of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Education: U.S. Military Academy at West Point – Class of 1861 Major Battles: First … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioned Officers, Soldier Profiles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 4th US Artillery, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry, 72d Pennsylvania Infantry, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Alexander S Webb, Alexander Webb, Alonzo Cushing, Alonzo H Cushing, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fair Oaks, Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Savage's Station, Battle of Seven Pines, Cushing's Battery, E Porter Alexander, Edward Porter Alexander, Edwin Sumner, Edwin V Sumner, First Battle of Manassas, Frederick Fuger, George E Pickett, George Pickett, Henry Hunt, Henry J Hunt, Lewis A Armistead, Lewis Armistead, Peninsula Campaign, Philadelphia Brigade, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Seven Days, Siege of Yorktown, Washington Artillery, William B Cushing, Winfield Hancock, Winfield S Hancock, Winfield Scott Hancock
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A Soldier’s Last Letter Home
I hate being sappy. It’s something I try to avoid. However, after watching Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary, for the 100th time, yesterday, I find myself in the very sappy mood I loathe. Towards the end of part one, Sullivan … Continue reading
Eri Woodbury, First Lieutenant – 1st Vermont Cavalry
Eri D. Woodbury was born on May 30, 1837, to Henry Woodbury and Hannah Davidson Woodbury, at Francetown, New Hampshire. He would enlist in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, on December 14, 1863, as a private in Company E. Woodbury was a graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry Regiments, Commissioned Officers, Congressional Medal of Honor
Tagged 1st Vermont Cavalry, Appomattox Campaign, Battle of Appomattox Station, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of Opequon, Battle of Third Winchester, Civil War, Congressional Medal of Honor, Eri Woodbury, First Vermont Cavalry, George Custer, Medal of Honor, William Wells, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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John C. Black – Lieutenant Colonel 37th Illinois Infantry
With a short narrative of the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas I recently finished reading Professor William L. Shea’s newest book, “Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign.” This is an excellent book on the little known Battle of Prairie … Continue reading
CSA Colonel Joseph C. Pleasants – True Confederate Heroism
I have just about completed the newest Civil War title from William L. Shea, “Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign.” As with other titles, from Shea, “Fields of Blood” is well researched and a very quick read. Written about … Continue reading
Seymour H. Hall – Captain Co. F 121st New York Infantry
Seymour “Hiram” Hall was born in Barkersville, New York on September 26, 1835. Little is known of Hiram’s early life. With the outbreak of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 state militia volunteers on April 15, 1861, … Continue reading
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Tagged 121st New York Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, battle of the crater, Battle of the Wilderness, Captain Hiram Hall, Captain Seymour H. Hall, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Emory Upton, George Meade, Hiram Hall, Medal of Honor, Overland Campaign, Petersburg, Salvatore Cilella, Seymour H. Hall, Ulysses Grant, Upton's Regulars
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