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“Sergeant”, 2nd Rhode Island Battery, On the Battle
Letter from the Second Battery Camp Clark, Washington July 27, 1861 Messrs. Editors: – With your permission I will endeavor to give some account of the part taken by our battery in the battle of Bull...
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Hains Related Questions Answered?
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, I’ve been s-l-o-w-l-y annotating a 1911 Cosmopolitan article written by Peter Conover Hains, The First Gun at Bull Run. Fresh out of West Point, at First Bull Run...
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Pvt. Theodore Reichardt, (Reynolds) Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light...
Thursday, July 15. - Great excitement in camp; order was received to get ready for a forward movement; ammunition packed; haversacks and canteens were issued. Tuesday, July 16. - The morning of that...
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Research Assignment: Why Were Ricketts and Griffin on Henry Hill?
This will either be fun, or go over like a lead balloon. As you may or may not know, one of the things I find most interesting in researching the First Battle of Bull Run is the fact that contemporary...
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Little Bull Run Uniforms – Co. B, 2nd U. S. Artillery
Here’s another from Bartek Drejewicz. Company B of the 2nd U. S. Artillery was not at First Bull Run, but sister companies A (Tidball), D (Arnold), E (Carlisle), G (Greene), & M (Hunt) were all...
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A Reminder – And a Teaser
Note in the video above John Hennessy discusses the significance of the move of the batteries of Griffin and Ricketts from Dogan’s Ridge to Henry Hill. It’s a move that has been emphasized by many as...
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“Juvenis,” Battery A (Reynolds), 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, On the...
Army Correspondence. Camp near Harper’s Ferry, Aug. 5th, 1861. Mr. Editor: – I hope you have not thought that, because I have not contributed lately to your paper I was among the fallen at the battle...
View ArticleCapt. John C. Tidball, Co. A, 2nd U. S. Artillery, On Battle and Retreat
As previously stated I was with Blenker’s brigade of Miles’s division, the duty of which was to guard Blackburn’s and other fords. Early on the forenoon of the 21st (July) I took post on a prominent...
View ArticleImage: Lt. Andrew Douglas Ramsay, Co. I, 1st U. S. Artillery
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