Category: Civil War Individuals
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Short Takes
What did the fabled Rebel Yell actually sound like? Smithsonian magazine digs up an old reunion tape to find out. The proposed slavery museum at Fredericksburg is on hold and is looking more doubtful by the day. It’s been dogged by controversy and poor financial management since its inception. Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com) looks at the […]
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Gettysburg’s Mystery Man
One of the most well-known, yet most mysterious characters of the Battle of Gettysburg is Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s scout Henry Thomas Harrison, or more commonly known as simply, Harrison. Harrison gained fame and acknowledgement with the release of Ron Maxwell’s motion picture, Gettysburg and Michael Shaara’s novel The Killer Angels . Portrayed by the […]
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On the Skirmish Line Outside Atlanta With William Holden
Sorry for the gap in posting—I have been down with a nasty G-I bug most of the week. I’ve been wanting to post parts of another William Holden letter I acquired, one of which I have posted already. Holden, an Iowa farm boy, was by 1864 and experienced soldier and held the rank of first […]
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De Aragon, The Chronicle of a Confedere Surgeon – Part 9
Author’s Note: This is part 9 in the series on Major Ramon T. de Aragon. After the Battle of Chickamauga, De Aragon’s brigade returned to Mississippi and was placed in the division of Major General Samuel Gibbs French. It was to remain in this division till the end of the war. When reading excerpts of […]
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DE ARAGON, The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon – Part 8
Author’s note: Part 8 of the series on Major Ramon T. de Aragon. After the fall of Vicksburg, Major De Aragon’s brigade is recalled to Tennessee as the Yankee forces under Rosencrans advance on Chattanooga. Ector’s Brigade was to play a pivotal role in the opening of hostilities at Chickamauga Creek. Chickamauga For the […]
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DE ARAGON The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon – Part 7
Author’s note: Part 7 of the series on Major Ramon t. de Aragon. After the Battle of Murfreesborough, Major de Aragon’s brigade was sent to Mississippi as part of the force led by General Joseph E. Johnston to attempt breaking through to Vicksburg. De Aragon – The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007BK8HFC?tag=5336653536-20 Two […]
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DE ARAGON – The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon – Part 6
This is the 6th part in the series about Major Ramon T. de Aragon, a surgeon in the Army of Tennesee. This post covers the Battle of Murfreesborough after Bragg brought his army back out of Kentucky following the Battle of Perryville. The journey back to Knoxville was about two hundred miles through country that […]