Category: the history
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An English saddle in wartime Richmond
Behold a receipt for an English Saddle & Equipments purchased by Sharpsburg veteran Major, soon to be Lieutenant Colonel Henry A Rogers of the 13th North Carolina Infantry in Richmond, VA in July 1863. It was $125. For reference, due to wartime shortages and inflation, bacon cost $1.25/pound and flour was $28/barrel in Richmond, four…
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The 13th Alabama Infantry in Maryland, in detail
I’ve just completed a thorough scrub through the records of the men of the 13th Alabama Infantry and extracted details for those on the Maryland Campaign of September 1862.
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Totally useless as an officer
Bold language is rare in military communications, so I thought I’d share this instance so both of my readers can enjoy it with me. It’s a clipping from the back of Captain Joseph E Knotts‘ letter of resignation of 14 November 1862. Knotts was Captain of Company K of the First (Hagood’s) South Carolina Infantry.…
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Crampton’s Gap casualty list, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry
Appended to Colonel Cake’s official report as printed on page 2 of the Pottsville (PA) Miner’s Journal of Saturday, 4 October 1862, is his list of the men of his 96th Pennsylvania Infantry who were killed or wounded in the fight at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862. It’s not found in…
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Maryes in Maryland
Here’s Lieutenant Edward A. Marye‘s (probably pronounced “Mary”) family home in Fredericksburg, VA as it looked in May 1864, then in use as a Union military hospital for troops wounded during the battle of the Wilderness. First Lieutenant E.A. Marye (1862) His father John Lawrence Marye (1798-1868), a successful lawyer and mill owner, bought land…
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Twelve hundred pounds of corn
While going through documents in Captain Robert Boyce‘s Consolidated Service Record (CSR) jacket, I came upon this receipt dated “Camp in the field Sept 23d 1862.” [touch to expand] My transcription: Rec’d of Capt C. McRae Selph aſs [asst] Quartermaster C.S.A. the following articles viz – Sept 12th 1200# Twelve hundred pounds of corn. ”…
