by Gordon Thorsby The 13" Mortar "Dictator at Petersburg (LOC) In the middle of June,1864, Union soldiers were were living in the deadly,...

by Gordon Thorsby Major H.H. Sams in the possession of Ting (Sams) Colquhoun of Beaufort, SC "As soon as he [General Elliott] returned to...

by Gordon Thorsby 21st Michigan (Geo. Schanzel was in the regt.) From my youth, I have seen the dull red obelisk and have always...

by Gordon Thorsby Brigadier Gen. Mathew C. Butler, of the South Carolina Brigade James Madison Hough wrote what may have been an epitaph...

by Gordon Thorsby The gaff schooner America was the first American yacht to win the race for the United States trouncing 15 other boats...

by Gordon Thorsby On October 25, The Battle of Mine Creek (aka Battle of Osage) was a small fight in terms of casualties. However, it was...

by Gordon Thorsby Confederate Hospital (actually Richmond VA, April, 1865.) “...From my experiences since last writing on that...

by Gordon Thorsby Traverse City Asylum for the Insane In the Saginaw...

by Gordon Thorsby Robert Jennings Frost was 20, and from Albion when he enlisted April 29, 1863 as Sergeant in Co. G of the 9th Michigan...

by Gordon Thorsby Evergreen Cemetery, Chester SC National cemeteries often have unknown soldiers who died without identification. Others...

by Gordon Thorsby Lt. David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina (Pre-War) On December 28, 1860, David Jackson wrote home mentioning the...

by Gordon Thorsby Albert Sidney Johnston died early. His strong abilities had previously been demonstrated as possibly the best, but...

by Gordon Thorsby Harper's Weekly (generally the only thing to show of the incident.) The Civil War had many heroes. Billy Tillman (also...

by Gordon Thorsby At Appomattox (Library of Congress) Publications in the past fifteen to twenty years do not hesitate to challenge...

by Gordon Thorsby (Gens. Davis, Johnson, Brannan, King, Whipple, Col Burke, Stout, Maj. Thruston, Capt. Stone, Lt. Kelley) Planning for...

by Gordon Thorsby Pvt. Edwin Erath, 15th Texas Infantry It's names included Bayou Bourbeax, Grand Coteau, Carrion Crow Bayou, and Boggy...

by Gordon Thorsby The years of1861-1865 was a chaotic time for people in America. There is simply no way for us to understand how people...

by Gordon Thorsby The Field of Franklin James K Merrifield says he was eighteen when he enlisted on 8 August, 1862 in Co. D of the 88th...

by Gordon Thorsby Who was Henry Anderson? What was he like growing up? Was he a hard working young man? Did he have a girl or was he...

by Gordon Thorsby https://www.savasbeatie.com/hearts-torn-asunder-trauma-in-the-civil-wars-final-campaign-in-north-carolina/ Almost every...