CSS Patrick Henry (1863-64)
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I’m sorry to admit I didn’t know there was a Confederate States Naval Academy. It was authorized by the Confederate Congress in April 1862 and began operations in July 1863 aboard the CSS Patrick Henry anchored in the James River… continue reading
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Exchange Hotel, Bryan, TX (1909)
Private James Seth Mooring (20) and his brother Charles Gray Mooring (16) were at Sharpsburg in 1862 with Company G of the 4th Texas Infantry. Both were wounded in the Wilderness in 1864 but survived the war and returned to… continue reading
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Will of William McClenny (1851)
Corporal William Henry McClenny of Company G of the 4th Texas Infantry had been promoted to Sergeant in August 1862, but something went wrong for him on the Maryland Campaign – he was reduced to Private on 16 September 1862… continue reading
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A spirited and fear-less animal (1862)
Lieutenant Isaiah Martin Bookman was with the men of Company G, 4th Texas Infantry at Sharpsburg in September 1862. Five months before, on 26 April, then at Yorktown, VA, First Sergeant Bookman had presented a fine horse to their old… continue reading
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Dr. James Campbell Loggins (1921)
This is from Sharpsburg veteran James C. Loggins‘ obituary [via GoogleBooks] in the Texas State Journal of Medicine of November 1921. He enlisted very young, and was only 16 years old in Maryland in 1862. He was captured the following… continue reading
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Watch Night (1862-63)
A very happy New Year to both of my readers! I hope you’ll appreciate this timely symbol of the most significant outcome of the 1862 Battle of Antietam – the issue of the Emancipation Proclamation. Watch Night: a New Year’s… continue reading
