If you’re reading this, then the site is back up and running. As those of you who have active websites know, the more technical things get, the easier it is for things to go sideways. The more they go sideways,…
Author: 17thCVI
New book on the 17th CVI breathes new life into a long-neglected history
Quite literally years in the making, We Fought at Gettysburg by Carolyn Ivanoff not only fills a void in the published annals of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry but also helps to complete (at least in part) a journey begun…
New additions to Images of the 17th
Hello, all! It’s been a very long time since anything was added to the site. Today 3 postwar images were added: Private Charles H. Clarkson – Company E Sergeant George Hale – Company E Private John A.Lowden – Company I…
Sad news
I recently received an email from Bob Rosati. Bob is the driving force behind the 17th CVI virtual cemetery on Find A Grave. Many of you have benefitted from the work that Bob and his fellow contributors have done in…
A wartime wedding (the Horace Judd story continued)
Just about the time this website received a major facelift in the summer of 2011, I had written a post about the wartime wedding of one Horace Q. Judd. That story is told in the post A Wartime Wedding in…
Old (but new) soldier images added to the site
Sometimes you never know what you might find when you’re cleaning out the closet. Back in the early days of this website I asked for and received permission to use a couple of images…one that had been in the collection…
Scenes From a Quick Visit to Gettysburg
It’s been a while since the last visit here – time for a quick trip. Not too many people between the heat (close to 100 degrees) and humid, COVID and mid-week, but that means a lot of space in the…
“Civil War Sailor’s Gravestone – Corrective Action”: Request for Help
Last week I received the following email from long-time visitor Charlene Henderson: “For the past few months, I’ve been working with Bob Rosati in updating the (Find-A-Grave) memorials (webmaster note: this is the source of the 17th CVI Burial Sites…
20 years!
Hard to believe, but this is the 20th anniversary of the 17th CVI website. It’s come pretty far from its humble beginnings as a free AT&T WorldNet website. Thank you to all those folks who have contributed their time, effort…
A new image and a question
A few months ago I received an email from a visitor to the site who was the great-great-grandson of Marcus Comstock, Company A. He had a hardcover copy of Benson J. Lossing’s A History of the Civil War. This copy…