Courtland Lynn pension case (1883)
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Courtland Lynn, Private, Company C, 4th New Jersey Infantry was wounded at Antietam on 17 September 1862. He and the regiment had been engaged at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain 3 days earlier, but he came safely out of that… continue reading
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Release of Hugh Whitesides, 25 July 1863
Private Hugh Whitesides of the 4th Texas Infantry “gave himself up” to US troops at Cherry Run, VA (WV) on 19 July 1863 and was sent to Camp Chase, OH, where he swore the oath seen here, made his mark,… continue reading
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Candy the little white dog
Company B of the 4th Texas Infantry had a little white terrier as a mascot, given them by an Austin confectioner at the start of the war (said Ted Alexander). Among the soldiers on his roster of the the Company,… continue reading
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Joe E. Jones (1899)
Sharpsburg veteran Joe E Jones of the 4th Texas Infantry was a Tennessee native and returned there after the war. Here he is in later years in his United Confederate Veterans (UCV) jacket, from his obituary in the Confederate Veteran… continue reading
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Fighting them twice at Sharpsburg
Private William F. Ford of the Tom Green Rifles, Company B, 4th Texas Infantry had an extraordinary war. At Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 he and his regiment were part of Hood’s Division’s devastating charge into Miller’s cornfield early that… continue reading
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Isaac Wistar in 1863, 1853, and 1845
Colonel Isaac J Wistar commanded the California Regiment (designated the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry) at Antietam and was later commissioned Brigadier General of Volunteers. Here he is wearing some serious epaulettes. To compare, here are two pictures of him as a… continue reading
