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Civil War Sources: March 2009
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Sunday, March 1, 2009. A brave drummer boy earns the Congressional Medal of Honor. In his New Jersey and the Rebellion. Foster describes the details of drummer boy Magee's bravery in his account. He writes:. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Labels: Congressional Medal of Honor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Of Battlefields and Bibliophiles. American Civil War Stories. With Sword and Pen. The Blood of My Kindred. A brave drummer boy earns the Congressional Medal .
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Civil War Sources: October 2009
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Friday, October 30, 2009. Clarence D. McKenzie: the Little Drummer Boy of the 14th Regiment, New York. As we have learned in previous posts regarding the role of drummer boys. To young McKenzie, Luther Goodyear Bingham dscirbes the funeral procession as such:. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Of Battlefields and Bibliophiles. American Civil War Stories. With Sword and Pen. The Blood of My Kindred.
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Civil War Sources: November 2009
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Saturday, November 7, 2009. Johnny Clem: the Civil War Drummer Boy of Shiloh. In his Historical Collections of Ohio. As part of his research, Howe was able to interview Clem's family in Newark, Ohio. Lizzie clem, who was 7 years old when her older brother left home for the Army recalls the following events from the day prior to Johnnie's departure:. Tut, what nonsense, boy! When dinner was over Johnnie took charge of us, I being seven years old and our brother, Lew...
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Civil War Sources: February 2009
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Civil War correspondent C.C. Coffin on the horrors of war. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Labels: C. C. Coffin. Courage of the color bearer. We've dscussed the dangers related to carrying the regimental colors into battle. It took special person to fill the color bearer's shoes. In his Reminiscneces of the Civil War. The name of that modest and gallant soldier is "W. F. Faucette. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Posted by A.J.
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Civil War Sources: March 2010
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Wednesday, March 3, 2010. A drummer boy recounts the Battle of Chickamauga. In " A Drummer Boy's Diary. Comprising Four Years of Service with the Second Regiment Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865, drummer boy William Bircher recounts his observations and experiences at the commencement of the Battle of Chickamauga. Bircher writes:. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Of Battlefields and Bibliophiles. American Civil War Stories.
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Civil War Sources: November 2008
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Sunday, November 30, 2008. The Battle of Gettysburg: the loyal townspeople. Part 3 in a series of posts. On the behavior of the townspeople at the Battle of Gettysburg. In his History of the Seventy-sixth Regiment. New York Volunteers, First Lieutenant A.P. Smith (pictured here) speaks very highly of the citizens of Gettysburg. Smith writes:. Posted by A.J. Links to this post. Labels: Battle of Gettysburg. Thursday, November 27, 2008. In the November 11, 1883 editi...
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Civil War Sources: Johnny Clem: the Civil War Drummer Boy of Shiloh
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Saturday, November 7, 2009. Johnny Clem: the Civil War Drummer Boy of Shiloh. In his Historical Collections of Ohio. As part of his research, Howe was able to interview Clem's family in Newark, Ohio. Lizzie clem, who was 7 years old when her older brother left home for the Army recalls the following events from the day prior to Johnnie's departure:. Tut, what nonsense, boy! When dinner was over Johnnie took charge of us, I being seven years old and our brother, Lew...
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Civil War Sources: September 2009
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Caring for the wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg: yankees aiding rebels. In several posts in this forum, we have discussed the everyday horrors of life in both Federal and Confederate prisons. As an alternative to this perspective, please allow us to consider the following excerpt from a volume entitled " Soldiers Letters From Camp, Battle-field and Prison. 8212; brave men after a desperate struggle respect each other. Regarding the ...
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Civil War Sources: Abrham Lincoln's Drummer: Drummer boy Willie Johnston awarded Medal of Honor
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Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Abrham Lincoln's Drummer: Drummer boy Willie Johnston awarded Medal of Honor. William E. "Willie" Johnston, drummer boy of Company D, 3rd Vermont Infantry, has the distinction of being the youngest soldier to ever receive the Medal of Honor, presented to him at age 11 for gallantry on the battlefield in the Seven Day Battle Peninsula Campaign of 1862. Young Johnston is the subject of a book written. In the Soldiers' Record.