The most popular individual posts during the year were of the individual tablets on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg. These posts also generated a number of questions from readers who were confused as to why their ancestor’s name was not on the tablet, when in fact, they knew their ancestor was a part of the […]
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) was best known as a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War eventually achieving the rank of Brevet Major General. In later life he served as the United States Minister to Chile and he was a failed candidate for both governor of New Jersey and the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
(Part 5 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). On 27 September 1910, Pennsylvanians who had fought at Gettysburg returned for the dedication of this memorial in their honor. Built of Mt. Airy granite, it stands 110 feet high, weighs 3,840 tons, and can be seen from many parts of the battlefield. It […]
A listing of the January 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: New Year’s Day, 1861 Pennsylvania Dutch & the Civil War – Medicine National Civil War Museum – Walk of Valor Steve Maczuga’s Pennsylvania Civil War Project Alfred Mordecai’s Decision Hegins All Wars Memorial Pennsylvania African-American War Monument November 2010 Posts Pennsylvania […]
(Part 3 of 12). Contents of Volume II of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Two Years of Grim War. (also part 4 of ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. In a memorial to the war, a ten volume […]
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