Category: Civil War Research
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Major Ramon T. de Aragon, Part 1
Author’s Note: I am going to be presenting a series on Major Ramon T. de Aragon, an immigrant from Cuba who settled in West Tennessee and became a regimental surgeon in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. To start, here is an excerpt from the EBook “DE ARAGON -The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon“: Chapter […]
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An Engineer talks Fredericksburg
As forewarned I will make my first blog on my pet project; engineers. This little seen letter comes from Captain Ira Spaulding of the 50th New York Engineers. It describes his experiences at Fredericksburg. Head quarters Detachment of the 50th NY Engineers Opposite Fredericksburg, December 20th (?), 1862 My dear Dunklee, I have just received […]
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Did Lee Tell Ewell To Halt on July 1 at Gettysburg?
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately looking through old issues of the National Tribune, THE Union veterans’ paper after the Civil War. My main goal is to find articles pertaining to the Siege of Petersburg, but I’ve found a lot of other fascinating things, and I’ve only reached early 1882. The paper was […]
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Camp Life and Target Practice in 1862
Bill Adams sends along a clipping from the Northampton Gazette & Courier, dated February 11, 1862, which gives a very good look a camp life in the Union army just prior to McClellan’s Peninsular campaign. It should also help dispel one of the most persistent CW myths—that many soldiers went into battle without ever even […]
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William Holden, Second Iowa
I have some letters from William Holden, a soldier with the Second Iowa. An ardent abolitionist who lived in Ottumwa, the 22-year-old Holden signed up at the beginning of the conflict and stayed on until the end, re-enlisting in December, 1863. Serving in the Western armies, he fought in almost all the major battles of […]
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Using Confederate Compiled Service Records (CSRs) at Fold3.com
I am currently working my way through the First Offensive Order of Battle (June 15-18, 1864) and Second Offensive Order of Battle (June 21-24, 1864) for the Siege of Petersburg. One of the items which has come up again and again is who exactly commanded various Confederate regiments, batteries, and even brigades in June and […]
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Civil War Collections at Fold3.com
Fold3.com: A Great Resource for Civil War Research I have been using the incredible resources at Fold3.com for just over a year now. I decided to join after reading a newspaper article describing how a South Carolina soldier helped comfort a mortally wounded Northern officer. I immediately had questions. I knew the name of the […]