Dr B A Vanderkieft (1864)
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Here are two excellent CDVs of Federal Surgeon Bernard Albert Vanderkieft from Mike Fitzpatrick’s collection. From 16 September 1862 to 13 May 1863 Dr Vanderklieft was in charge of the largest Antietam field hospital, known as the Antietam or Smoketown… continue reading
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Pvt R.L. Hopson, 13th Georgia Infantry (1861)
This is 20 year old Rasmus Lee Hopson of Troup County Georgia, probably taken soon after he enlisted in July 1861. I expect the sword is a photographer’s prop, as may be the uniform he’s wearing. Private Hopson survived a… continue reading
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William E Thorpe, student (c. 1860)
20 year old William Elmer Thorp enlisted in the 21st New York Infantry – the First Buffalo Regiment – in May 1861, was wounded at Antietam in September 1862, and mustered out with his regiment in May 1863, their two… continue reading
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Last days of Pvt Hayden, 13th Georgia (1863)
Joseph S Hayden of Company E, 13th Georgia Infantry survived a slight wound at Sharpsburg in 1862 but was mortally wounded and captured at Gettysburg in 1863. Here are the two pages of notes US Surgeon Newcombe kept about Hayden’s… continue reading
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Lieut J.N. Ferguson to be exchanged (1864)
Here’s an artifact concerning Sharpsburg veteran Lieutenant John Nimrod Ferguson, 13th Georgia Infantry, while he was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD. He’d been wounded at Monocacy Junction and captured in July 1864 on Early’s raid. Ferguson survived the war… continue reading
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Henry and Permelia Reeves (c. 1916)
Henry Clay Reeves of Company I, 13th Georgia Infantry survived a wound at Sharpsburg in 1862 but lost his left arm above the elbow at Spotsylvania Court House in 1864. He married Permelia Catherine Jones in 1866 and died at… continue reading
