Well the details have finally been announced for Alonzo Cushing's Medal of Honor. President Obama will be presenting it at the White House on...
His monument is one of my favorites at Little Round Top. For some reason, people feel the need to reach out and touch the poor man's nose when...
Maybe the "voice of the people" actually does make a difference. I'd like to think so! This concerns the huge hot air balloon in Gettysburg that...
The new ArmyTimes reports today that "The Big Red One" (Fort Riley, KS, 1st Infantry Division) will be the first headquarters to deploy. Pentagon...
A few days ago, the battlefield staff at Richmond National Battlefield Park found an artillery shell in Fort Gilmer's moat that had never exploded....
I'm remembering Antietam today... because it was on this day (17 Sept 1862) that the single most bloody day in all of the history of military battles...
I wrote another post about Pvt. Philo Peck and his regiment of the 2nd MA. This is what happened to the regiment on July 3rd at Gettysburg. Two...
Every man and boy (and a few girls) who died at Gettysburg had a story... as I pull them out with my database work, I've found that while all are...
You'll see me frequenting all the statues and monuments at Gettysburg just as often as possible... and out of all of them, there's only one that...
On September 15, President Obama will be awarding a Medal of Honor for (not "to" the way I typed this before I edited!) 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing who...
It's not original, but I always enjoy spending a little time at Antietam's Dunker Church. One time I even saw a wedding on the grounds with the...
Anyone see the news reports about this yesterday? Yeah, finally an independent internal investigation has reported that federal law was broken in...
The battle at Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland) was so devastating that there has never been an exact number of casualties. The estimates are 12,400...
The 26th North Carolina was the largest Confederate regiment to fight at Gettysburg. They went in with 800 men and after the clashes with the Iron...
Oh I am not going to be happy next week! I always love going to Gettysburg but this time, there's going to be a new "attraction" that wasn't there...
Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant Jon Cavaiani died a few days ago, just short of his 71st birthday. S/Sgt Cavaiani was given the Medal of Honor in...
I hope I'm doing this link right. This is a service for a New York soldier whose remains were discovered at Antietam five years ago. I was there...
Did you know that there were some (granted, not a lot) women who pretended to be men during the Civil War? From the women who were "discovered" from...
Her final resting place is in the Evergreen Cemetery, directly beside the National Cemetery. The American flag from her gravesite can be seen from...
It's almost time for another working vacation for me. I'll be spending some time in Gettysburg (one of my two favorite places on earth) and taking...
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