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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: Countdown to Gettysburg: June 30th 1863 -- Tillie Pierce Witnesses General Buford's Cavalry Arrive in Gettysburg
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Saturday, June 29, 2013. Countdown to Gettysburg: June 30th 1863 - Tillie Pierce Witnesses General Buford's Cavalry Arrive in Gettysburg. Tillie Pierce witnessed the arrival of the first Union soldiers at Gettysburg on Tuesday, June 30:. Tillie Pierce, age 15 in 1863. Daniel Skelly, age 18 in 1863. Brigadier General John Buford. Major General John Fulton Reynolds. To be continued.). Available at Amazon and BN.com. Follow me on Facebook! Countdown ...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: August 2013
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Thursday, August 8, 2013. Inspiring Leaders: General Robert E. Lee Takes Full Responsibility for the Defeat at Gettysburg. This day in history, August 8, 1863 - Robert E. Lee offers his resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Gettysburg was the price the South paid for. Having Robert E. Lee as commander.". The Julian Vannerson portrait of Robert E. Lee illustrated by Ron Cole. Knowing the public had lost a measure of trust in him and...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: The Gettysburg Address: Why Lincoln's Speech Lives On
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The Gettysburg Address: Why Lincoln's Speech Lives On. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here,. But it can never forget what they did here. It is for us. The living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work. Which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. Union dead at Gettysburg. Photo by Timothy O'Sullivan. Lincoln spoke these simple words:. Now we are engaged in a great ...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: July 2013
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Thursday, July 18, 2013. Inspiring Leaders: Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. This day in history July 18th 1863, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw is killed leading his 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment against Fort Wagner outside Charleston, South Carolina. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw 54th MA Infantry. Storming Fort Wagner by Kurz and Allison 1890. We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and de...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: March 2013
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Absolution Under Fire: A Moment of Grace at Gettysburg. I'll hang my harp on a willow tree. I'll off to the wars again:. A peaceful home has no charm for me. The battlefield no pain. You of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.”. Absolution Under Fire by Paul Wood, c. 1891. Print credit: Snite Museum of Art. He passed away in 1897. Friday, March 8, 2013. 8212;Whitelaw Reid, Cin...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: June 2013
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Saturday, June 29, 2013. Countdown to Gettysburg: June 30th 1863 - Tillie Pierce Witnesses General Buford's Cavalry Arrive in Gettysburg. Tillie Pierce witnessed the arrival of the first Union soldiers at Gettysburg on Tuesday, June 30:. Tillie Pierce, age 15 in 1863. Daniel Skelly, age 18 in 1863. Brigadier General John Buford. Major General John Fulton Reynolds. To be continued.). Available at Amazon and BN.com. Follow me on Facebook! On June 29...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: Countdown to Gettysburg: June 29th 1863 -- Lee and Meade Advance Towards Gettysburg
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Saturday, June 29, 2013. Countdown to Gettysburg: June 29th 1863 - Lee and Meade Advance Towards Gettysburg. On June 29th both Lee and Meade gave orders for their armies to advance towards Gettysburg, a town where ten major roads converged like the wheels of a wagon in every direction. The 2,400 people of Gettysburg had no idea that two armies totaling over 150,000 men were converging for battle at their doorstep. Major General George Gordon Meade.
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: December 2012
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Monday, December 24, 2012. Daniel Skelly: A Young Gettysburg Hero Part One. To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. 8213; Leo Tolstoy. Daniel Skelly in 1863. Surely now we were safe and the Confederate army would never reach Gettysburg.… General Buford sat on his horse in the street in front of me, entirely alone, facing to the west in profound thought. It was the only time I ever saw the gener...It was to m...
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin: February 2013
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Touched with Fire: The Writing Journal of Iain C. Martin. Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Countdown to Gettysburg: June 28th 1863 - Lee Advanced to Gettysburg on the Word of a Spy. Great events sometimes turn on. Colonel William Calvin Oates, 15th Alabama Infantry. Robert E. Lee 1862 photo, illustrated by Ron Cole. 8212;Major General Henry Heth. Stuart was on a useless, showy parade almost under the guns of the Washington. Forts . . . Had he been with Lee where would our commander have made his battle? Gener...