William Anderson Roberts, Company A, 14th NC
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I was excited to find two really nice photographs of one of my guys and got way down in a research hole before learning he wasn’t one of mine after all. Here’s the story … continue reading
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Major and paymaster John Ambler, CSA
I’ve seen hundreds (thousands?) of pay vouchers issued at Richmond, VA over the signature of Major John Ambler among documents in Confederate soldiers’ Compiled Service Records (CSRs). It’s about time I looked him up … continue reading
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Aaron Harris, waiter (1862)
There’s only one carded record in his Compiled Service Record jacket for Aaron Harris, identified as a Waiter in the 3rd South Carolina Infantry. This is from a Federal hospital record. There are no Confederate military records for him as… continue reading
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Death on the ladder (1875)
A member of Battery B, 3rd US Artillery (1852-57), Lieutenant and Captain in the 1st US Sharpshooters (1861-64), and lastly, NYFD Battalion Chief, William Henry Nash saw more than his share of danger and death … continue reading
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Letter from Lt. J.W. Hinkley (1862)
Julian W Hinkley was a schoolteacher in Waupun, WI in the winter and a carpenter the rest of the year. He joined the Waupun Light Guard in April 1861 and commanded them at Antietam in September 1862 … continue reading
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I will give a reward of twenty-five dollars
Private Gilbert L Kirkpatrick of the 16th North Carolina Infantry was one of hundreds of Confederate soldiers who were sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD between 6 September 1862, when the first elements of the Army of Northern Virginia… continue reading
