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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Antietam Q&A: Owners of farm that was Civil War hospital
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Saturday, August 23, 2014. Antietam Q&A: Owners of farm that was Civil War hospital. Troy Cool and Emily Siwarski have lived on the historic Crystal Springs farm in Keedysville, Md.,. In the background may have been used as a morgue for the. Hospital on the property after Antietam. These sheep served as tour guides during my 2013 visit. I was followed by two inquisitive sheep as Cool explained the history of t...
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Faces of the Civil War: Reenactors in Woodbury, Conn.
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Saturday, August 08, 2015. Faces of the Civil War: Reenactors in Woodbury, Conn. With one foot in the 19th century and another in ours, Civil War reenactors are a unique breed. In that spirit, here's a photo journal from Saturday's Civil War encampment in Woodbury, Conn., blending old and new. Reenactor images from Sunday are here. For my previous Faces of the Civil War from Connecticut encampments, go here.
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: 8th Connecticut Corporal John Bentley: A father's revenge
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Saturday, July 11, 2015. 8th Connecticut Corporal John Bentley: A father's revenge. Corporal John Bentley's grave in Antietam National Cemetery. No photo is known to exist of the soldier from Sterling, Conn. What heart-rending scenes did I witness in that place,” a Massachusetts chaplain recalled, “so full of saddened memories to me and to others.”. 8th Connecticut monument at Antietam. And the great object of...
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Slipped into oblivion: A Connecticut tragedy on the Potomac
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Thursday, February 06, 2014. Slipped into oblivion: A Connecticut tragedy on the Potomac. Was used to enforce a blockade of the South. During the Civil War. C overage of the death of Lincoln assassin. John Wilkes Booth in the Hartford Courant. On April 28, 1865. Eleven soldiers from the 16th Connecticut, perhaps the most unfortunate regiment in the Union army, were aboard the Massachusetts. All had recently re...
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Faces of the Civil War: The reenactors
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Saturday, September 29, 2012. Faces of the Civil War: The reenactors. REBEL: Major Lee Jones, Meriden, Conn. YANKEE: Marshall Cain, Athol, Mass. REBEL: Nathan Porteus, Bolton, Conn. REBEL: Emile Roux, Manchester, Conn. REBEL: Colonel Paul Gliniewicz, Abington, Mass. REBEL: Captain Tim Perkins, Boxford, Mass. YANKEE: Peter Hershonik, Coventry, Conn. REBEL: Paul Szafik, Troy, N.H. Sir" he told me. And Nathan Por...
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Antietam: A visit to Private Charles N. Penfield's grave
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Saturday, March 23, 2013. Antietam: A visit to Private Charles N. Penfield's grave. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam, 20-year-old Charles N. Penfield is. Buried in Wilcox Cemetery in East Berlin, Conn. The German Reformed Church in the 1890s and today. The church,. Hospital after Antietam,. Charles N. Penfield was. Treated here after Antietam. By Oct. 20, Penfield complained less of pain but six ...
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Antietam: Crystal Spring Hospital tour
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Friday, February 15, 2013. Antietam: Crystal Spring Hospital tour. The original part of the Geeting farm house dates to 1790, according to Troy Cool, the. Current owner. Other sections were added in 1820 and 1850, he said. CLICK ON ALL IMAGES TO ENLARGE.). The farm was known as Crystal Spring Hospital, among other names, because of this. Spring near the farm house. These inquisitive sheep served as tour guides.
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JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG: Antietam: A horrible toll for the 16th Connecticut
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Focused on Antietam, Connecticut, common soldiers and photography. Civil War Then and Now blog. Wednesday, April 01, 2015. Antietam: A horrible toll for the 16th Connecticut. Fragile document in the Connecticut State Library archives: Monthly returns for. October 1862 for the 16th Connecticut. A 30-year-old cigar maker, Henry Barnett went into battle singing. At Antietam. He was killed there on Sept. 17, 1862. In a recent post. Were among those either killed or mortally wounded at Antietam. No 28), also ...
