Civil War Notes

In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National Park Services

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...

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...

Gordon Thorsby

May 19, 20224 min read

The Sharpshooter's Harvest, Lt. David Logan, 17th South Carolina Infantry

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

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...

Gordon Thorsby

Apr 6, 20222 min read

The Beef: A Regular Subject In Letters to Home?

by Gordon Thorsby Painter Conrad Wise Chapman, CSA 1861-65 Private John A. James, a soldier in the Army of Tennessee in Winter Camp at...

Gordon Thorsby

Mar 9, 20223 min read

A Good Deed in the Midst of Looting

by Gordon Thorsby The Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia were now in motion. South Carolina started the war and Sherman’s two...

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