New ACW blog: 48th Pa Infantry
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I was very pleased to see a new blog pop up this weekend on the subject of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. Perhaps best known for their digging skills at Petersburg in 1864, the regiment is also one of “mine” (sorry)–part… >> continue reading
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James Madison Cutts of Washington, DC
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I like to think I would have got to him eventually, but an email query from distant descendent Gene Siscoe brought Captain J.M. Cutts, Jr. (1837-1903) to my attention yesterday. The question concerned his actions on General Burnside’s staff at… >> continue reading
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Grubby details of digital history: link checking
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This past week I was reminded of a website maintenance chore I’ve been neglecting. An observant and sympathetic reader noted our link to the Meade Archive was broken because the site had moved. This kind of thing happens all the… >> continue reading
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From the bayou to Gettysburg: V.J. St. Martin
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Mr Erik Himmel of Schriever, Louisiana has kindly sent me a pile of information about his great-great-grandfather, the late Captain Victor Joseph St. Martin, for use in a biographical sketch on Antietam on the Web. Captain St. Martin was wounded… >> continue reading
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Digital history rubber 3
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I chanced yesterday upon another of those people doing great history online. stone of Major Thomas Yeager, 25th & 53rd PA Infantry (photo: E. Carr) Low profile, but not to be missed is the work Everette Carr is doing–and blogging–on… >> continue reading
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Rufus Pettit: solid artilleryman, vicious jailkeeper
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So I did some more digging on the Captain, and found he did well in the Mexican War (1847-48) and was a respected battery commander in 1862. And that he later became something of a monster … >> continue reading
