One of the more interesting stories of the 17th Connecticut surrounds Elias Howe, Jr. – he of sewing machine fame, whose service in the regiment was told in this blog in July 2015 (Elias Howe, Jr. and the 17th). In…
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An incomplete story – the late war recruits of the 17th Connecticut
One of the blogs that this one offers a link to is Emerging Civil War, which generally offers some interesting articles on a variety of topics. Earlier today I read a guest post by Nathan Marzoli, a historian at the U.S. Army Center…
New addition to blogs followed
This morning on C-SPAN I watched members of Emerging Civil War in a panel discussion hosted by the Gettysburg Heritage Center filmed this past July during the Gettysburg Anniversary (for anyone interested, here’s a link to same: https://www.c-span.org/video/?430759-5/interpreting-civil-war-public). This was an interesting…
Site update
After a long search it looks like a solution has been found for the photo sections of the website. Thus far updates have been done to a few of the soldier photograph pages and (for now) things are looking good.…
Sorry for the technical difficulties
For those who are coming to the site to look over the various photographs – you’ll find the photos but not the captions. The plugin that I’ve used for the past few years isn’t working so well anymore and the…
Elias Howe, Jr. and the 17th
A few months ago I received an email from Rob André Stevens with some material for the site related to Elias Howe, Jr. An excerpt of the email follows: “I also find it odd that your site doesn’t even show…
A different look
Not sure if I like this new look, but it is “mobile optimized” so that Google will find out for all of you who may come to this site on your smartphone or tablet. Let me know what you think…
Email address has changed
Thanks to AT&T, the email address for the site has needed to change. The good news is that the new address is easier to type. The bad news is that because I cannot access the old email at all means…
Status update and new content
It’s been a long summer with a lot of different things happening – all of which show by the lack of content posted since June. Hopefully the fall season will allow for more frequent updates and additional content. By the…
New additions
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.