The stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
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Last month I was in Charleston, SC to speak to the Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table. The venue was Duckett Hall at The Citadel. While in town I took a little time to tour some of the campus with my brother. Lots of history there (though the campus moved here after the war – […]
While in Charleston, SC to present to the Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table last month, I took some time to visit a couple Civil War related sites. First up was Ft. Johnson, at the end of Ft. Johnson Road on James Island, not far from my brother’s house where I was staying. Per the […]
While in Charleston the week of this past St. Patrick’s Day to present to the Ft. Sumter Civil War Roundtable, I made a pit stop with my brother at the Hibernian Society, where he is a member. The organization is a society, not a club, and is not affiliated with the Ancient Order of Hibernians […]
While in Charleston, SC, for a presentation on March 13 to the Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table, I took a trip to the city’s Magnolia Cemetery. Below are a few images, including some of the Bull Runners interred there. First up, the entry and the Civil War section near the office. Here are some […]
A new release from Potomac Books is Robert F. (Bob) O’Neill’s Small But Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. I’ve known Bob for about six years now, ever since we spent a week together out west visiting Indian Wars sites, including Little Bighorn. Bob graciously consented to discussing his new book, […]
Sherman’s Battery at Bull Run – Interesting Letter From a Lady. ———- The reports concerning the celebrated Sherman’s Battery at Bull Run were so conflicting that the impression has been left on the minds of many that some of the guns fell into the hands of the enemy. The Confederate reports all exulted over the […]
Romeyn Ayres at Ancestry Romeyn Ayres at Fold3 Romeyn Ayres at FindAGrave Romeyn Ayres at Wikipedia Romeyn Ayres at Arlington National Cemetery
Lorenzo Lorain at Ancestry Lorenzo Lorain at Fold3 Lorenzo Lorain at FindAGrave Lorenzo Lorain at Oregon History Project
Sherman’s Battery. This celebrated company of Artillery seems destined to immortality. Every item of Southern news has a new claimant for the honor of its capture at Bull run. It is scarcely exaggeration to say that there was not a single company, engaged on the side of the Rebels at Bull Run, that does not […]
Co. D, 5th U. S. Artillery, Co. E, 3rd U. S. Artillery, Co. G, 1st U. S. Artillery, After the Battle
Our Batteries. The West Point Battery[1] is badly cut up, It loses all the caissons and equipments, five pieces, forty horses, and five men killed and seven wounded. All the guns were thoroughly disables before they were abandoned. The Ayres Battery[2], formerly Sherman’s, was brought off without any loss of consequence. The Seymour Battery[3] was […]
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Thursday, September 5, 1895