He fought like a hero
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26 year old Sergeant Henry W Fullenwider of Company K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry was wounded in the thigh and side at Sharpsburg in September 1862 and was a prisoner in US Army hospitals on the field and in Frederick,… continue reading
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Grecian style couch of figured maple and cane (c. 1815)
Benjamin Huger (1768-1823) of Georgetown, SC … ordered “eighteen maple chairs with cushions, neat and fashionable but without gilding and two sofas d[itt]o to answer the above” from New York suppliers … continue reading
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Blog turns 20, gets facelift
This blog has had the same design since my first post in March 2006, and this 20th anniversary was a good time to spruce it up. 20 years is like 100 in internet-years. continue reading
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The Warrenton Tragedies (1869)
Charles Wallace was the son of a prominent Atlanta businessman and politician, and first enlisted for war service in May 1861 with the First Georgia Infantry at age 17. When they were disbanded in early 1862 he enlisted again, as… continue reading
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Questions. Questions.
Not-quite 19 year old farm boy John W Wesley enlisted at Decatur in DeKalb County, GA on 1 August 1861 and mustered on 5 August as a Private in Captain Luther Glenn’s Stephens Rifles – Company C of Cobb’s Legion… continue reading
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Receipt for shoes, shirts, and drawers (1862)
At Frederick, MD on 9 September 1862 Adam J. Alexander of the 10th Louisiana Infantry signed this receipt for 3 pairs of shoes, 4 shirts, and 4 pairs of drawers for his men. It is likely these had been procured… continue reading
