Surg Abner Hard

Surgeon Abner Hard of the 8th Illinois Cavalry treated sick and wounded soldiers along the Army's march from Washington to Sharpsburg. After Antietam he and his Assistant Surgeon Stull manned…

Capt Gilbert J Wright

Captain "Gib" Wright led Company D of Cobb's Legion Cavalry Battalion and was wounded in action at Quebec Schoolhouse near Middletown, MD on 13 September 1862. He commanded a brigade…

3rd Indiana Cavalry marker

While looking into the cavalry action at Quebec Schoolhouse (near Middletown, MD 13 Sept 1862) and some men of the regiment, I noticed this plaque for the 3rd Indiana Cavalry…

Austin Martin, Jr.

Private Austin Martin, Jr. of the 8th Illinois Cavalry was mortally wounded in action somewhere in Maryland in September and died of his wounds on 14 October 1862 in a…

Levi Maish

Lieutenant Colonel Levi Maish, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry was wounded by a gunshot to his right lung at Antietam. He survived that wound and another, at Chancellorsville in May 1863, and…