Theodore Barber Day (c. 1900)
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A fine post-war photograph of Theodore Barber Day, Antietam veteran and late Private, Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, thanks to descendant Sam Day. Theodore’s great grandson Terence Lee Day and his son Daniel S Day researched and produced a Life… continue reading
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Another Assassination (1889)
S.H. Whitworth (c. 1870) [touch image to see the whole piece] A man familiar with violence, Samuel Hudson Whitworth survived a serious wound at Sharpsburg in 1862 while a Sergeant in Company C, 12th Mississippi, and in March 1886 was… continue reading
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Headstone application for Leroy T Daughtry (1929)
From the records of the US War Department’s Office of the Quartermaster General, now online thanks to Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.com, here’s his widow’s application for a government marker for Sharpsburg survivor Leroy Thomas Daughtry, late Sergeant, Company C, 12th Mississippi… continue reading
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List of casualties in the Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment (1862)
From the New Orleans Daily Picayune of 29 October 1862, online from Newspapers.com, casualties among the troops of the 19th Mississippi Infantry at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862: continue reading
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List of casualties in the Twelfth Mississippi Regiment (1862)
From the New Orleans Daily Picayune of 29 October 1862, online from Newspapers.com, casualties among the troops of the 12th Mississippi Infantry at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862: See more about these men starting with the AotW page for the… continue reading
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Spring Symposium weekend at Sharpsburg
I made my semi-annual pilgrimage to Sharpsburg last week, focused on the Antietam Institute‘s Spring Symposium. For much more about the 2023 Symposium itself, look for Facebook and other social media posts from the Institute and some of my fellow… continue reading
