All posts tagged "battle"
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14.1KMaineThe Ladies of Gray, Maine, Bury an Unknown Confederate Soldier
The Ladies of Gray had good reason to despise the Confederacy and its people. The small Maine town sent 200 of its...
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9.2K2MassachusettsThe New England Defenders of the Alamo
Among the defenders of the Alamo, at least eight came from New England to start a new life. Those lives were cut...
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7.7K1Historic TailsThe USS Kearsarge Launched at Portsmouth to Slay the Alabama
In 1862, the Confederate Naval vessel CSS Alabama was the scourge of the seas. Just over a year into the Civil War...
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11.1K19MassachusettsTouched With Fire – Oliver Wendell Holmes and America’s Deadliest Day
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., left Boston in 1861 an ideological foot soldier for the Union Army. He returned from the war –...
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5.7K1Politics and MilitaryThe 10th Vermont Retreat: Charlie George Saves His Little Brother Along the Way
Charles and Herbert George were brothers from Vermont, two of four who enlisted in the 10th Vermont Volunteer Infantry during the Civil...
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13.9K14MaineThe 20th Maine Regiment, Hardest Fighters Ever
The 20th Maine, one of the most storied regiments of the Civil War, reunited at Gettysburg in October 1889 and posed for...
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