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Louisianians wounded at Antietam (1862)
This excellent reference is clipped from the New Orleans Times-Picayune of 17 December 1862, and was kindly supplied by Greyson Beardsley. It is a list of Confederate soldiers from Louisiana who were wounded and left on the field at Sharpsburg that September. There is much here I need to add to my information about these…
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CSA battle flag requisition (1863)
Lieutenant Alexander H Pickett, Adjutant of the 3rd Alabama Infantry submitted this request and signed for receipt of a new battle flag and staff on 5 April 1863. It appears that most or all of the regiments of General D.H. Hill’s Division were supplied with new wool bunting “3rd issue” flags from the Richmond (VA)…
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A sad coincidence
On 19 August 1864 the Confederate Conscription Bureau in Richmond, VA sent a notice to the Army’s Adjutant General that Private J.H. Garrison was considered a deserter from Company B of Cobb’s Legion Infantry Battalion and was thought to be in the 14th Texas. The Bureau had no direct authority to return a soldier to…
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J.N. Henderson’s empty sleeve (1864)
Son of a prosperous planter, John N Henderson was 18 years old in July 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company E of the 5th Texas Infantry in Washington, TX. He was not yet 20 when he was shot in the left arm in combat at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. He lost…
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McClure brothers, 24th Georgia Infantry
Here are the three Irish-born McClure brothers of White County, Georgia who served together in Company K of the 24th Georgia Infantry during the war: James Samuel (1828-1907), at left, may have been with his company in Maryland in September 1862, but departed, sick with typhoid, in October, and spent much of the rest of…
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Antietam casualty lists: 14th and 27th Indiana Infantry
From the Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel of 27 September 1862, a copy of Colonel William Harrow’s Antietam after-action report and lists of casualties in the battle for his 14th and the 27th Indiana Infantry regiments. touch for the full text and lists Notes See the Antietam on the Web pages for the 14th Indiana and…
