In an 1863 letter home to his parents Private Gavette Burt Holcomb of the 16th Connecticut Infantry wrote We are raising the flag to day and well we might for one year agoe was the day that we received a… continue reading

Another excellent photograph from Jim Silliman’s album. He’s Roland LeVaughn, a mechanic from Rocky Hill, CT. He enlisted in Company C of the 16th Connecticut as a Private, was promoted to Corporal in Maryland in September 1862, and was appointed… continue reading

Here’s another soldier of the 16th Connecticut from the collection of Jim Silliman: Ezra Thomas Burgess of Company E. He was promoted to First Sergeant on the field at Antietam – his new stripes seen here – and survived imprisonment… continue reading

A poke in January from James Silliman set me on the path to greatly improve my collection of information about the soldiers of the ill-fated 16th Connecticut Infantry on the Maryland Campaign of 1862. Among several fine photographs he sent… continue reading

This is John J Creech, late 3rd Lieutenant of Company H, 17th South Carolina Infantry, a veteran of the Maryland Campaign of 1862. He was one of 6 brothers with War service, and all of them survived it. Starling Jeter… continue reading