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Adam Swartzlander (c. 1853)
Raised a farmer, Adam Swartlander left a wife and 3 small children at home in Butler County near Pittsburgh, PA when he enlisted in July 1861 as a Private in…
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Crew on monitor “Saugus”, James River (c. 1865)
I've occasionally found Confederate veterans of the Battle of Sharpsburg who were later captured but were released from prison by taking an oath and enlisting for United States Army service…
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E.M. Law & friends (c. 1864)
I came upon this photograph while looking into men of Colonel Evander McIver Law's brigade staff at Sharpsburg in September 1862: it's in the collection of the Valentine Museum in…
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Dement’s Maryland Battery ammunition issue (September 1862)
Looking into Captain William F Dement, commander of the First Maryland Artillery on the campaign of September 1862, I came upon this scrap of paper - a receipt for ammunition…