Added a nice article from the July 8, 1884 Gettysburg Star and Sentinel regarding the dedication of the 17th CVI monument on Barlow’s Knoll. It is a nice compliment to the official publication put out by the veterans.
Category: Battles
Words cannot describe…
…my initial reaction to this headline: “Skull of Civil War soldier found at Gettysburg to be auctioned” The short version of the story is that the skull was found near the “Benner’s Farm” in 1949 and it was expected to…
Night on East Cemetery Hill
Anyone who travels with me to Gettysburg knows that I like to spend some quality time – after dark – on East Cemetery Hill. It doesn’t matter much what season it is (although honestly, off-season means fewer people and fewer…
Norwalk’s Douglass Fowler A Determined Civil War Commander
And in today’s edition of the Hartford Courant, celebrating 250 years in print, you’ll find this profile of the 17th Connecticut’s second Lieutenant Colonel, Douglass Fowler. Not only that, but the life and military career of Lt. Colonel Fowler (a Guilford native)…
“I do not regret having done as I have done, for I with many thousands was honest and enlisted for our country. If I was home and knew as much as I do now I would enlist at the first opportunity.”
Sue Curry, the great-great granddaughter of Captain Wilson French, Company G, provided the following excerpt of a letter written home to his wife Mattie less than 2 weeks after the battle at Chancellorsville. At the time of the battle he…
Another Ruscoe letter posted
A new letter from Floyd Ruscoe has been posted this afternoon. This letter, written to his father, is from April 1863 and covers the regiment’s participation in the XI Corps review for new commanding General O.O. Howard as well as…
Found! UNDER GUARD or SUNNY SOUTH IN SLICES – Slice Tenth
The missing 10th part to J. Montgomery Bailey’s account of his capture, captivity, and subsequent parole following Gettysburg is no longer missing in action. The November 19, 1863 edition is not microfilmed and this portion was unavailable. Thanks to Keith…
New material added today
The remaining installments of J. Montgomery Bailey’s (aka “High Private Manton”) Under Guard or Sunny South in Slices have been posted under the Gettysburg category. Actually, part 10 is still missing – but the remaining parts are now online. Thanks…
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…