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Gordon Thorsby
Apr 25, 20224 min read
Success Not Often Discussed, Rousseau’s Cavalry Raid July, 1864
by Gordon Thorsby We hear of the Union raids of Grierson, Dahlgren and Stoneman. We don’t hear much about Rousseau. If you happen to be...
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Gordon Thorsby
Apr 21, 20224 min read
Damn the Torpedoes? ...Close but Not Quite.
by Gordon Thorsby An August Morning at the Battle of Mobile Bay by William Heysham Overend Grant was stuck at Petersburg, Sherman seemed...
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Gordon Thorsby
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Micah Jenkins' Palmetto Sharpshooters
by Gordon Thorsby "A noble brother lost somewhere there around the trenches but no trace could I find of him. O' Solitude, where are the...
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Gordon Thorsby
Apr 18, 20223 min read
Who was the Fourth Michigan Trooper Who Lost His Canteen
by Gordon Thorsby Paint may have old and the brush that it was applied was stiff The troopers of the 4th Michigan Cavalry had stories of...
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Gordon Thorsby
Mar 10, 20224 min read
The Moses Dallas Controversy, Union Sailor or Confederate Pilot?
by Gordon Thorsby The Savannah Harbor was under blockade as all ports during the war and yet many supplies went out and came in...
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Gordon Thorsby
Mar 2, 20225 min read
A Word in Case I am No More, 1862
by Gordon Thorsby Link to Part One https://www.gordonthorsbycivilwarnotes.com/post/three-letters-cherished-forever-1862 Link to Part Two...
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Gordon Thorsby
Feb 14, 20224 min read
The Misplaced Minnesota Sharpshooter, John A. Dolson
by Gordon Thorsby John A. Dolson was born in 1843 in Schuyler, IL. The family moved to Richfield, MN in the present day Minneapolis...
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Gordon Thorsby
Feb 10, 20229 min read
The Forgotten Man and the Fight with CSS Juno in Charleston Harbor
He is known. by Gordon Thorsby Crew of the U.S.S. Wabash ST CHARLES UNION, Michigan May 10, 1917, Front Page, Col 1- BURIED WITH HONORS...
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Gordon Thorsby
Feb 9, 20224 min read
The Fight at Coleman’s Plantation and all Mississippi Soldiers
by Gordon Thorsby An interesting battle involving black and white soldiers, was in Mississippi at the battle of Coleman’s Plantation in...
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