Gordon Thorsby
Mutiny of the Third Michigan Cavalry in Texas, 1865
by Gordon Thorsby Horse Shoeing of cavalry There were two mutinies that occurred with Union Cavalry regiments and the first occurred in...
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Gordon Thorsby
Aug 16, 20225 min read
Were there Union and Confederate Irregulars in the Civil War?
by Gordon Thorsby Colonel John S. Mosby, C.S.A. In the recent years, there has been a burgeoning historiography on the irregular fighting...
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Gordon Thorsby
Aug 11, 20225 min read
The Twenty-Sixth Michigan, Used Up Before They Knew It in 1864
by Gordon Thorsby Painting by Thure de Thulstrup The 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry mustered-in on December 12, 1862, with 903 men. Its...
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Gordon Thorsby
Aug 8, 20225 min read
The Lone Cannon at a Bridge in Rock Hill, SC., Stoneman's Raid April 1865
by Gordon Thorsby Current day Bridge across the Catawba River, Rock Hill SC Stoneman’s Raid of 1865 is considered the longest raid of the...
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Gordon Thorsby
Aug 1, 20226 min read
Of Bookkeepers and Engineers on the U.S.S. Monitor
by Gordon Thorsby Front row, from left: Robinson W. Hands 20, Edwin V. Gager-47, not at Hampton Roads (HR); second row, Louis N. Stodder-...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 27, 20225 min read
The Sixth Michigan Infantry In the Heat of Louisiana
by Gordon Thorsby The Interior of the Confederate Fortifications at Port Hudson (holes were dug by soldiers hiding from large caliber...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 25, 20225 min read
Lt. Henry Kingsbury's Contribution at the Base of Burnside Bridge at Antietam
by Gordon Thorsby Lt. Henry W. Kingsbury, (From Time Life Series, Brian Pohanka Collection) History doesn’t know much about one Henry W....
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 18, 20225 min read
The Explosion in Cheraw, On Sherman's March Through the Carolinas
by Gordon Thorsby The Accidental Ruins of Cheraw March,1865 (History of SC Collection) In late February, 1865 and after much of Columbia...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 14, 20224 min read
Mixing it up with Sherman at Collierville, Tennessee, 1863.
by Gordon Thorsby (courtesy of Library of Congress) Battles of the Civil War spanned across America in towns that had little impact and...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 13, 20225 min read
The Blunders by Fitz John Porter at Boteler's Ford
by Gordon Thorsby Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Boteler’s Ford on Sept. 19-20, happened after Antietam and...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 11, 20225 min read
Of Six Men in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry
by Gordon Thorsby There is probably more written about the 7thMichigan Cavalry than any other cavalry regiment from Michigan but the...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Michigan Sailors on the Tinclad U.S.S. Forest Rose
by Gordon Thorsby Forest Rose at the construction of the Alexandia Dam 1864 Forest Rose was a sternwheeler tinclad #9, with a...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jul 5, 20224 min read
An Outcome Predetermined, Second Fight at Fort Harrison at Petersburg
by Gordon Thorsby From Inside the Breastworks of Ft. Harrison (LOC) How important was Ft. Harrison? Very. It was the largest redoubt on...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 30, 20225 min read
Who Were the Dead in Rose’s Field at Gettysburg?
by Gordon Thorsby An Unknown soldier returned to SC from unknown origin Gardner's photographs after the Battle of Gettysburg documented...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 29, 20225 min read
The 14th Michigan Mounted Infantry; Temporarily
by Gordon Thorsby From Currier and Ives The 14th Michigan Infantry was officially organized in the Detroit area but only three companies...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 27, 20224 min read
A Bloody Exchange, 16th Michigan vs. Palmetto Sharpshooters at Gaines Mill
by Gordon Thorsby Map of the Battle of Gaines Mill (LOC) In four years of the American Civil War, there were hundreds of instances where...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 23, 20225 min read
Questions and Controversies Surrounding Ft. Sumter
By Gordon Thorsby Ft. Sumter (LOC) For students and historians of the Civil War, there are many questions and controversies about...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 21, 20224 min read
Four Versions of Warren's Uh-Oh Moment on Little Round Top
by Gordon Thorsby View from Little Round Top 2021 Gens. George Meade and Dan Sickles were having an animated discussion in the Peach...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 20, 20224 min read
Why was the Battle of Ezra Church so Crucial? Ask the Common Soldier
by Gordon Thorsby Picture of a Union Camp outside Chattanooga “The battle was brutal and simple. ‘They done the charging and our men did...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 16, 20223 min read
Sherman's Battle for Savannah, GA, Ft. McAllister Dec. 13,1864
by Gordon Thorsby Sherman's Commanders; Howard left, Hazen standing to his right, Slocum right of Sherman. (LOC) Knowing what happened at...
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