frspinterpretation.wordpress.com

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Gettysburg's Harvest of Death - The Conclusion

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2012/10/gettysburgs-harvest-of-death-conclusion.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Friday, October 12, 2012. Gettysburg's Harvest of Death - The Conclusion. Upon returning home with my findings in November, I began what would be my first of a series of posts that sought to add further support to the work of Scott Hartwig. My assertion that the Thompson House was visible, and thus supported Scott's work, was quickly shot down by Mr. Adelman, and a form letter of sorts made its way around Civil War web addresses, titled. One side of Gibson's stereo view with ...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: A New Look at a Fredericksburg Burial Trench

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-look-at-fredericksburg-burial.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Friday, July 8, 2011. A New Look at a Fredericksburg Burial Trench. While recently examining the two Brady and Company images that together make an extraordinary panorama of the "open plain" battleground of. I began to consider numerous points of interest that fall within the confines of its cone of vision. It is both sad and remarkable that in the post Civil War years,. To create the panorama, the two images must be placed to overlap. And Lee Avenue indicates the approximate.

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Iconic Photograph of Gettysburg Dead is a Contrivance A Harvest of Death - Gardner's Artistry

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2015/06/iconic-photograph-of-gettysburg-dead-is.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Iconic Photograph of Gettysburg Dead is a Contrivance A Harvest of Death - Gardner's Artistry. Published in 1975. The print below is most typical of published versions as they appeared in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War. Below we have, as described by Frassanito himself, in his 1995 in-depth study, Early Photography at Gettysburg. But, after nearly three years, and the virtually ignored sesquicentennial recognition. Ithaca, NY. T...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: A Chance Encounter and the Proof of Courage - 23rd USCT's at Spotsylvania Will Be Remembered, May 17

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-chance-encounter-and-proof-of-courage.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Friday, May 16, 2014. A Chance Encounter and the Proof of Courage - 23rd USCT's at Spotsylvania Will Be Remembered, May 17. Photograph by Robert Szabo, 2013. Probing the rear of the Union Army on this morning, was a high spirited Confederate cavalry brigade commanded by General Thomas L. Rosser. The Confederates were traveling along Catharpin Road, feeling their way toward a crossing of the Ni River, near the Piney Branch Church, when they encountered the 2. Ohio quickly moun...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: The Morning After - May 20, 1864 - Timothy O'Sullivan's Confederate Dead on the Widow Alsop Farm

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-morning-after-may-20-1864-timothy.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The Morning After - May 20, 1864 - Timothy O'Sullivan's Confederate Dead on the Widow Alsop Farm. It's now one hundred and fifty years since the grim harvest of the fighting at Harris Farm was documented by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan. Three years ago I posted a piece about O'Sullivan's images, and that post can be visited by clicking this link. Below, are three details of the one body that I have primarily referred to above. As I prepare to publish...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Massaponax Church, VA - Grant Writes a Dispatch - 150 Years Ago Today, To the Hour, In Real-Time - 5/21/2014

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/05/massaponax-church-va-grant-writes.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Massaponax Church, VA - Grant Writes a Dispatch - 150 Years Ago Today, To the Hour, In Real-Time - 5/21/2014. Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph, Gardner negative # 731, "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant writing a dispatch. Approximate Civil War time is 10:47 am, based on a modern time of 11:58, for the image below. Your blog host, sitting at the approximate location of the pew where Grant was seated. O'Sullivan's camera was positioned in the upper...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Gettysburg - Harvest of Death - Location Found, January 11, 2012, Confirmed June 14, 2012

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2012/01/gettysburg-harvest-of-death-location.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Gettysburg - Harvest of Death - Location Found, January 11, 2012, Confirmed June 14, 2012. Be sure to read the post attached to our February 25, 2013 link. Click here. It further demonstrates this site is located on the first day's field. Clear visual evidence. This post has been revised to reflect the corrected findings of my October 6, 2012 return visit. Be sure to read the October 12, 2012 post on this subject. Library of Congress collection.

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Battlefield Guide Services

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/p/battlefield-guide-services.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Come out for a two hour tour of the Spotsylvania Courthouse neighborhood and battlefield. The basic tour rates start at just $55.00 and will provide a fast-paced look at how the citizens, and the soldiers fared during the two week struggle of May 1864. Do you have an ancestor who fought here? I can customize your tour to allow you to walk in their footsteps, dependent on property accessibility. Walk where the armies advanced, and struggled to gain ground. Additional photos ad...

spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: The Destruction of the Myer Farm, and the Death of a New Jersey Colonel at Spotsylvania

http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-destruction-of-myer-farm-and-death.html

Spotsylvania Civil War Blog. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Destruction of the Myer Farm, and the Death of a New Jersey Colonel at Spotsylvania. The farm of John Henry Myer had been a bucolic delight, occupying a prominent rise above the Ni River valley, and scarcely a mile and a half east of Spotsylvania Courthouse. The Myer family had purchased the land in late April 1863, and the distance it provided from the horrors of war ravaged downtown. John Henry Myer before the war, as a young entrepreneur. Men e...