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Sgt Warren returned to Philadelphia
Sergeant Joseph Warren of Company P, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry was killed at Antietam on 17 September 1862, probably in the furious combat in the West Woods there that morning. He…
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Participant #23,000: Clay Esshom
We've just passed another milestone in the collection of Campaign participants at Antietam on the Web - now over 23,000 individuals in the database. #23,000 is Private Clay Esshom of…
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First Sergeant W.H. Andrews at Sharpsburg
Our rations were out Sunday. Monday and Tuesday we had nothing but water ... Just about sunset, a cow came feeding in front of our lines. Gen. [G.T.] Anderson ordered…
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An English saddle in wartime Richmond
Behold a receipt for an English Saddle & Equipments purchased by Sharpsburg veteran Major, soon to be Lieutenant Colonel Henry A Rogers of the 13th North Carolina Infantry in Richmond,…
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The 13th Alabama Infantry in Maryland, in detail
Private “Mage” Allen, Company H [Alabama Archives]
I’ve just completed a thorough scrub through the military and other records of the men of the 13th Alabama Infantry regiment, and extracted service and personal details for those who were present on the Maryland Campaign of September 1862.
Following is some interesting information that comes from that collection of data.