Private Redding Louis Leggett of the 4th North Carolina Infantry survived being captured at Sharpsburg in September 1862 but was killed at Spotsylvania, VA in May 1864. 65 years later, thanks to this application by Mrs. C.R. Andrews, the US… continue reading

Here are the Ellers in about 1890 in a photograph probably taken near their home in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. Nelson Alexander Eller was a Private in Company K, 4th North Carolina Infantry when he was captured in the… continue reading

Private William Jasper Dillon, Company H, 4th North Carolina Infantry had just turned 17 when he was captured at Sharpsburg in September 1862. He was badly wounded at Cold Harbor in May 1864 but survived the war, and he’s seen… continue reading

William Crawford Smith was a Private in Company B of the 12 Virginia Infantry and was wounded at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862, and captured nearby. He was Color Sergeant of the regiment by late 1863… continue reading

This well-dressed young man is George Washington Cox who was mortally wounded at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 while a Private in the 23rd Georgia Infantry. He died in a US Army field hospital on the Line Farm near the… continue reading

Here’s 30 year old Haverford, Massachusetts shoemaker Andrew Jackson Gile just before the war. He was killed at Antietam on 17 September 1862 about a month after he enlisted as a Private in the 35th Massachusetts Infantry. This photograph is… continue reading