Capt John M Hoyt, 7th Wisconsin (c. 1865)
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Company I’s First Sergeant John Marshall Hoyt was wounded at Turner’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and again in Wilderness, VA in May 1864, but survived the war, mustering out as Captain in June 1865. His CDV… continue reading
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Lt. Levi Vallier (c. 1861)
From a 50th anniversary tribute in the Buffalo Times of May 1911 to the First Company, Buffalo (NY) Volunteers – later Company A, 21st New York Infantry – comes the face of Levi Vallier. He was their First Lieutenant when… continue reading
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Reward for a Murderer. Billy Crapo at Cerra Gordo (1893)
An announcement in the Sacramento Daily Union of 3 January 1893. And here’s a reproduction wanted poster seen recently in the American Hotel in Cerro Gordo, California. This 2017 photo of the poster is from Dave’n’Kathy on their Vagabond Blog.… continue reading
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Marriage of Christian Ihde and Louisa Pentzien (1852)
Christian Ihde was mortally wounded in combat near Turner’s Gap on South Mountain in Maryland on 14 September 1862 and died the next day. He was a 37 year old Private in Company I of the 21st New York Infantry… continue reading
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Drs. Katherine Francis Beatty and George T. Cook
George Tottingham Cook was seriously wounded at Antietam in September 1862 while First Sergeant of Company C, 21st New York Infantry, and was 2nd Lieutenant of his Company at muster-out in May 1863. His wound troubled him for the rest… continue reading
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Frank’n Averill, Corp’l, N.Y.
Here’s the gravestone in Antietam National Cemetery for Corporal Franklin Averill of Company H, 21st New York Cavalry. The photograph was shared on his Findagrave memorial by prolific contributor Birdman. Franklin was wounded at Antietam on 17 September 1862 while… continue reading
