17thcvi.org is in Gettysburg for a quick weekend (or almost weekend) visit. I wasn’t really to keen about braving the crowds for the 150th so here we are a few later. Since it is going to be a bit hot…
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Alva E. Wilcox
Many of the 17th CVI’s Gettysburg dead are buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Some were brought home by their families after the battle, some were transferred from temporary graves and some were never found and/or identified. In Evergreen Cemetery,…
July 2, 1863
Barlow’s Knoll may be the most easily recognized location on the battlefield for those who follow the 17th CVI, but the regiment spent far more time on East Cemetery Hill. It was here that the regiment, broken up badly during…
“Now, Seventeenth, do your duty!”
150 years ago, on a small rise north of Gettysburg, the 17th CVI lost their 2nd lieutenant colonel in as many battles. Those who visit Gettysburg find 2 monuments on Barlow’s Knoll – or as it was known then, Blocher’s…
June 30th at Emmitsburg
I’ve always thought the best description of the 17th CVI immediately prior to fighting at Gettysburg was written by Company C’s J. Montgomery Bailey (AKA “High Private Manton”). Published by the Danbury Times as part of Bailey’s “Under Guard, OR, Sunny…
The march to Gettysburg – and the arrest of Douglass Fowler
Few events were as well documented by the soldiers of the 17th as their march north from Brooks Station, culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. For those involved, the urgency of the northward movement is evident – they wrote of…
Gettysburg 150th events
I have long included the link to the blog of the Gettysburg NMP, so I don’t usually rehash events going on at the park that are covered there. Of course, this is a big year for the park and there…
Memorial Day 2013
Today is Memorial Day – rather it is the result of the 1967 legislation turning Memorial Day into a 3-day holiday. May 30th – the true Memorial Day, was the day set aside for 100 years to honor this country’s…
“It is enough to break the stoutest heart…”
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the 17th CVI’s introduction to combat in the Civil War. At around 5PM, after settling down to cook their evening meals, the full fury of Stonewall Jackson’s attack on the right flank of the…
Calm before the storm
By evening of April 30th the regiment was camped on and around the Talley Farm (or, as it is usually referred to in their accounts, the Hatch house). May 1st the members of the regiment heard the sound of battle…