Today’s blog post continues a multi-part series on the Petersburg National Battlefield – that portion of the battlefield which made up the Eastern Front, where the opening assaults and the Battles of the Crater and Fort Stedman. All parts of the series can be accessed by clicking on the series title here, Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield. […]
Today’s blog post begins a multi-part series on the Petersburg National Battlefield – that portion of the battlefield which made up the Eastern Front, where the opening assaults and the Battles of the Crater and Fort Stedman occurred. Recent photographs taken at the battlefield are interspersed with the official, interpretative statements made at the various […]
Rev. Thomas W. Garland (1847-1925) was first located as Civil War veteran in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he reported that he had served in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private, from 31 March 1864 through discharge on 19 July 1865. He also indicated that he […]
A listing of the May 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – From the Sesquicentennial to the Bicentennial of His Birth April 2013 Posts Civil War Descendants of Nathaniel Gist Cinco de Mayo, the Confederacy, and Gen. Jo Shelby Jonas Swab – Civil War Letters to His […]
A listing of the April 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Reconsider This: Gangs of New York Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – Site of Taylor Farm Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – The Crater (Part 1) Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – The Crater (Part 2) March 2013 Posts To […]
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