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Christmas And The Battle Of Stones River View attachment 86644 It's a short story, soldiers away from home. A giant swan song, bet a few knew it, didn't care- men before battle making peace with themselves and each other and regrets; a monster called war obscenely insisting one, more death lottery be held- this one at Christmastime.
Aug 25, 2012. Dec 18, 2023. #1. The latest issue of "Michigan History Magazine" arrived yesterday and contained an article by Robert Myers titled "Miracle at Middleburg". The article covers 115 Michigan soldiers from the12th Michigan Infantry fighting off 5,000 to 7,000 Confederate cavalrymen. As the Confederates come upon the regiment the men ...
Jan 8, 2012. Dec 24, 2020. #1. A lot of what we know as traditional Christmas music was around during the Civil War. I thought it would be fun to collect everyone's favorite period tunes--they can be from before the war or during the war, but not after (OK, shortly thereafter works, too ). “ I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day ”.
Private. STUPID ME! @ucvrelics.com thanks for reminding me of the dead giveaway on these now "old" fakes - buckles like these were intended to be the style known variously as tongue-in-wreath, "spoon", etc. As you can see, the idea is for the center roundel to fit into the surrounding wreath and lock in place.
michigan. Oct 27, 2011. #3. ole said: Can't help much, but you deserve at least one guess. First, it's not a saber. My guess is that it is an infantry officer's sword. I have a officers sword and scabbard that looks somewhat similiar to this with two exceptions. There is a finely etched pattern on the blade on mine and the name Horstmann and ...
Author: carperson Subject: 2001 Audi/A6 for sale - $2000 Posted: Tue Jun 30 2015 5:52 pm (GMT -4) This car was an automatic and I converted it ...
The Greenbrier is loaded with Civil War history. Guests began coming to White Sulphur Springs to “ take the waters ” to restore their health in 1778, but it was during the Mid-19 th century when the resort began to gain true prominence. During the 1830s Southern politicians, judges, editors, lawyers, diplomats, ministers, planters and ...
Late war officers were required to display a Corps badge either on headgear or coat. Staff were required to wear the US within wreath on their headgear. Company grade officers didn’t always have required regimental infantry patch, but many did, or had just the regimental number and co letter. Hat cords were worn.
From what I can see you have a “good and serviceable” Whitney. These were made up to late 1861 or so. They were typically made up from a hodgepodge of parts from a variety of sources. They were not typically accepted into US service but often found their way into militia and state forces as well as the surplus market.
Jul 29, 2013. Feb 16, 2017. #1. Powhatan Beaty (October 8, 1837 – December 6, 1916) was an African American soldier and actor. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army's 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond/Petersburg Campaign. He received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of ...