Below the numbered batteries from Wisconsin, in the third quarter of 1863 summaries, are four lines based on returns submitted from sections directly assigned to cavalry or infantry regiments: One of these is a carry over from the previous quarter. Another matches to an entry from way back in the fourth quarter of 1862: BatteryContinue reading “Summary Statement, 3rd Quarter, 1863 – Wisconsin artillery sections”
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April 1862… a pivotal month of the war
Today marks the 155th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, generally called the “start” of the American Civil War. I don’t know what to call the 155th other than just “155th.” Likewise, I have no smart name for the 151st anniversaries of the surrender at Appomattox (last Saturday) or Lincoln’s assassination (coming Thursday).Continue reading “April 1862… a pivotal month of the war”
150 Years Ago: A photo that speaks to us today
Often we can point to a spot on the battlefield, or a document, or in my case a cannon, and then make a direct sesquicentennial link. Today, let me turn to an iconic photograph taken on this day (August 19) in 1862: Better details in the stero-view, although through the cracked negative: John Hennessy discussedContinue reading “150 Years Ago: A photo that speaks to us today”