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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: December 2013
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Monday, December 2, 2013. A poem from the Iron Brigade. One of the fun things of historical research on the Iron Brigade is discovering the boys of the past were in truth just boys and not mystical figures of some fanciful epic. Today's case in point, this brief poem sent to the. On April 18, 1863:. Our Father, which art in Washington, Uncle Abram is thy name;. Thy victories won, Thy will be done in the South as it is in the North;. The Raising...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: On more fields than the Old Guard of Napoleon...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Friday, July 31, 2015. On more fields than the Old Guard of Napoleon. One of the interesting rewards when a book is reprinted (in this case In The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg. It was written November 23, 1884, from Marietta, Ohio, where Dawes as living, and included his regrets that he would not be able to attend the camp fire at Mauston. He went on to say that he did want to recall the memories of his old Company K. He wrote:. In so many...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: February 2013
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Western Style and Prairie Manners. Thursday, June 17, 1864. Have covered themselves with glory enough for a lifetime, no matter what reverses in the. When the full accounts of the battles of Jackson, Raymond, Edward's Depot,. Have caused us to lose much of the respect once felt for the eastern troops. Had it not been for the Western troops, the forces on the Potomac, Rappahannock and about. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: August 2014
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Friday, August 8, 2014. Rifle-muskets, paper cartridges, and a cherished memory. The use of paper cartridges for as been around for a time and a number of shooters have enjoyed taking a step back in time to roll paper tubes, tie one end shut, then load a Minie ball and powder before folding the tale. It takes a while longer produce such cartridges then it does to type those words, however, and. As my comrade from the old Sixth Wisconsin, Pvt...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: Belle Boyd and the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Belle Boyd and the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin. This is a warm story about Confederate girl spy Belle Boyd and a forgotten Wisconsin monument in Virginia. Storke moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., after the war where he was district attorney and mayor. He later started the Santa Barbara News-Press. Is it not curious how the past can tie us together? My, my…. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Read full book description here.
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: Gettysburg and a distant voice calling out "Come on, Johnnie! Come on!"
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Friday, July 4, 2014. Gettysburg and a distant voice calling out "Come on, Johnnie! The heavy brass Napoleons were firing with a fury late the afternoon of July 1 when heavy lines of Confederates began to close on the town. “Feed it to ‘em! The Confederate line came on under the storm of canister, “creeping toward” the battery “fairly fringed with flame.” The soldiers of the 6thWisconsin and 11th. First, ourselves, or the rebel troops…...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: A story of the Iron Brigade
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Saturday, July 26, 2014. A story of the Iron Brigade. One of the interesting incidents of book signing is having a descendant of some of the Iron Brigade people you are writing about show up. It happened again a couple of weeks ago at the Walworth County Historical Society in Elkhorn when a very nice lady showed me a small silver key. That’s when the fun began. The name was familiar. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The New Civil War Handbook.
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: January 2013
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Sunday, January 13, 2013. How the Minie-ball changed war in 1861-1865. I used to spend a good amount of time on the firing line with the North-South Skirmish Association shooting Civil War era weapons in marksmanship competitions. Along the way I picked up some thoughts on whether the new so-called “Minie-ball” (my friend Phil Spaugy would say “Burton bullet”) of the Civil War era changed the war. Other observations can be made on the subject, ...
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters, by Lance J. Herdegen: Rifle-muskets, paper cartridges, and a cherished memory
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The Iron Brigade and Kindred Matters,. By Lance J. Herdegen. Friday, August 8, 2014. Rifle-muskets, paper cartridges, and a cherished memory. The use of paper cartridges for as been around for a time and a number of shooters have enjoyed taking a step back in time to roll paper tubes, tie one end shut, then load a Minie ball and powder before folding the tale. It takes a while longer produce such cartridges then it does to type those words, however, and. As my comrade from the old Sixth Wisconsin, Pvt...
