Major and paymaster John Ambler, CSA
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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
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Shot by some Col. for misbehavior
I have met a lot of the soldiers of the Maryland Campaign of 1862 and seen many of their stories, but this one may take the cake. Irish-born Richard Rogers had been a shoemaker in Carroll (now East Carroll) Parish… continue reading
