Charles Rand Kay
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Charles R. Kay was a Private in Company G, 2nd United States Sharpshooters and was wounded on South Mountain on 14 or 15 September 1862. He was discharged in 1863 and returned home to New Hampshire, where he worked in… continue reading
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Lt Septimus Cobb
Here’s Septimus Cobb in a carte-de-visite offered by the Excelsior Brigade‘s online shop. He was wounded at Antietam on 17 September 1862 while 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, 42nd New York Infantry. continue reading
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Sergeant-Major James D Loades, 2nd Maryland Infantry (1863)
James D Loades was a Sergeant in Company I of the 2nd Maryland Infantry when he was wounded in the side, probably near the Lower (Burnside’s) Bridge over the Antietam on 17 September 1862. This photograph was taken in Paris,… continue reading
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The packet ship Dewitt Clinton
This lovely thing is the packet ship Dewitt Clinton of New York departing Liverpool, an 1865 painting by English maritime artist Samuel Walters offered at auction by Bonhams in January 2011. James Fegan was aboard her on a passage from… continue reading
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Capt. Robt. Davis, 2nd U.S. Infantry
Mexican War veteran Robert Davis was a Sergeant in Company I, 2nd United States Infantry when he was wounded in action near the Middle Bridge at Antietam on 17 September 1862. His c. 1865 photograph was posted to his Findagrave… continue reading
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Frederick hospitals November 1, 1862
From the American Medical Times of 1 November 1862 [via GoogleBooks], a list of the Surgeons-in-charge and locations/buildings making up each of the US Army’s nine General Hospitals in Frederick, MD after Antietam. Here’s Surgeon John Jefferson Milhau in a… continue reading
