Our War
This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Occupying Richmond (part three)
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This drawing from the April 22, 1865, cover of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper is fanciful. Capt. George A. Bruce of the 13th N...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Taking Richmond (part two)
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Contemporary colorized engraving of the burning of Richmond. The fires began as an effort by troops under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell to b...
Monday, June 23, 2014
To Richmond at last (part one)
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Accounts of the capture of Richmond in early April of 1865 were plentiful. By then, the Union soldiers knew that destroying Robert E. Lee’s...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
A voice from the past speaks to the future
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The letterhead on one of the letters written by Willard Templeton of the 11th New Hampshire Volunteers. Bringing the Civil War home to ...
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Monday, June 16, 2014
Coming soon: The story of Dr. Livingstone's son
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The story of the son of David Livingston (“Dr. Livingstone, I presume”) is coming soon to this blog. It turns out the younger Livingstone f...
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Life after death for a good soldier's intentions
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As any regular reader of this blog knows by now, Edward E. Sturtevant of the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers left a paper trail. The longer I...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
A mysterious death, a new clue
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War is chaos, leaving many mysteries in its path. During the Civil War one of them surrounded the death of Edward E. Sturtevant, New Hampsh...
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