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Sep 17

Was wondering if anybody can ID this uniform.
Pretty sure he was a confederate soldier. We think in the 34th Alabama Infantry.
The uniform in the painting does not look confederate to me. I would not think a confederate would allow
artistic license of this degree.

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Where is it Wednesday, Gettysburg? 9-16-2026

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Place the location and describe this vintage-view illustration. Unfortunately, just a small hint of the structures is still visible today.

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A Tuesday Tea meets the Nurses Who Did the Work No One Remembered

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When the American Civil War broke out, thousands of women stepped forward to serve as nurses, fundamentally reshaping military medicine and the future of the profession. Most Civil War enthusiasts recognize the names of Susie King Taylor, Harriet Tubman, and Ann Bradford Stokes, yet very few would recognize Alice Kennedy, Sarah Kinno, Ellen Campbell, and Betsy Young.

While many white volunteer nurses became associated with the more visible work of direct patient care, Black women, both free and formerly enslaved, often faced a very different reality. They could be assigned the hardest and least desirable work: cooking, cleaning, laundering blood-soaked clothing and bedding, and tending...

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George, Libby, Tom

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★ ★ Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.

Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell "Pattie" Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:

James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874

(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)

Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863

(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)

Education:

1848: Graduated from West Point Military...

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Where is it Wednesday, Gettysburg? 9-16-2026

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