I found this article in the July 9, 1938 edition of the Gettysburg Star and Sentinel (published during the 75th reunion of the Blue and Gray): I suppose it still doesn’t answer the question of whether or not the star was…
Category: Battles
The Gettysburg star
This article was found in the June 5, 1938 edition of the Daily Boston Globe: Pittsfield, June 4 – A star shot out of a flag at the Battle of Gettysburg and for many years a treasure of Mrs. Minnie Lament of…
Here today and gone tomorrow
We made a quick stop in Gettysburg today – really just an overnight stop – but enough time to spend a while on my favorite place on the battlefield, which is East Cemetery Hill. I always wonder what it looked…
First Bull Run and the 17th CVI
No, the 17th did not fight at Bull Run (first or second). But for many soldiers in the 17th CVI the war began much earlier than 1862. With the 150th anniversary of First Bull Run (or First Manassas if you…