Category: Civil War
21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument in New London
The 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized in Norwich, Ct. in September 5, 1862. The regiment was organized after the Union defeat at the…
A Presbyterian Pastor Gives Thanks for the Formation of the Confederacy Thanksgiving 1860
Rev. Benjamin Morgan Palmer was a Presbyterian pastor whose Thanksgiving 1860 sermon was notorious for the boost it gave to Secession. Here is some of…
Fort Trumbull in New London Conn. Is Civil War Era Fortification
New London is a small city right in between Boston and New York. Just two hours from those two big cities, it often gets driven…
Woodlawn Union Monument in the Bronx
I went up to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx early in November, 2023 to photograph Unions and Confederate generals buried there. What I did not…
Union Powder Mill at Algonquin Park “Orange Mills” in Orange County, New York
Algonquin Park in Orange County, New York in the Hudson Valley was a powder mill used to produce gun powder during the Civil War at…
Monument to the 29th New Jersey Vol. Infantry Redbank, NJ
The 29th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was raised during the invasion of Maryland after the Union defeat at the Second Manassas. The unit, a…
Orange Blossom Monument in Goshen to the 124th Regiment NY
Goshen, New York is in the Hudson Highlands just fifty miles north of New York City. Many of the buildings along Main Street in the…
Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts
Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts is dedicated to local veterans, but with a clear nod at the Civil War. The Hall was first proposed in…
New Windsor Cemetery Where “Orange Blossom” War Dead Lie
Many of the cemeteries I have visited are well-kept, heavily landscaped, with monumental monuments to then-famous men. This year I happened upon an all-but abandoned…
Broadway Civil War Monument New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is best known as the location of Yale University and one of its best known Civil War monuments is only a few blocks…
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