Category: biography
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Colonel Goodrich, New York and Antietam in the Newspapers
The 21st Century has been getting in the way of the 19th around me, more’s the pity, as I have been blessed with showers of Antietam-related material recently. Two of these cloudbursts just coincided; Colonel William B. Goodrich of New York at the focus. Fellow blogger and Antietam Ranger John David Hoptak kindly sent me…
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Audenried ’61
Joseph Audenried (1839-1880) was fresh from the US Military Academy at West Point as the American Civil War began in the Spring of 1861 …
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George Washington Cullum (1809-1892)
Students of American military history have been referring to the painstaking work of Cullen for many years. I’ve never actually seen a print copy of his Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, only bits and pieces derived from it. But last week Harry Smeltzer pointed me to an…
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Combat artist Frank Vizetelly
I’ve been chastened to find General JEB Stuart had a more considerable role at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 than I’ve long thought. He was apparently “everywhere” on the field, noticed particularly in directing the Confederate far left flank. His greatest service may have been in placing and leading the artillery on Nicodemus Heights and…
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Daniel Webster Flagler, Ordnance Department, USA
Cadet D.W. Flagler (c.1856-61) I was looking for someone else, actually, when I noticed the name D.W. Flagler on the list of Burnside’s staff at Antietam. Then I came upon this superb photograph of him, preserved and displayed by the fine folks at Gettysburg College. It really struck me as that of a man who…
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Oliver D Greene and the poison pen
I had a kind email from the g-g-granddaughter of Oliver D. Green, medal of honor recipient and staff officer at Antietam. She corrected my error on AotW in his middle name (it’s Davis). I’m very glad she brought him to my attention. Oliver Davis Greene A career Regular Army officer from west-central New York State,…
