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US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 260 of USS Mendota

Aug 28

US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 260 which was carried aboard USS Mendota is displayed at Hartford City, Indiana. It was manufactured at the West Point Foundry in 1864. As manufactured it weighed 9,697 pounds. It is displayed in a cemetery on the east side of town in a section of graves of veterans of the Civil War.

Bureau of Ordnance Records show that it was carried aboard the Sassacus-class gunboat USS Mendota which served on the James River in 1864-1865. USS Mendota is one of the better photographed ships of the American Civil War with several photos taken both on board the ship and from shore of the ship as a whole. (Although a couple of photos frequently labeled as...

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18 year old Killed on USS Naiad

Aug 27

18 year old John crennell was from Liverpool England.
The USS Naiad engaged a Confederate artillery battery near Rowe's Landing, Louisiana.
During the exchange, an enemy shell struck the gunboat, killing Seaman John J. Crennell and wounding three other crew members.
He was struck in the hip by a shell fragment and was mortally wounded

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Where is it Wednesday, Gettysburg? 8-26-2026

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Identify this representation of a popular site.
"The crops always grew greener after that summer..."
Sadly though it is no longer. But the shadow of a Cav marker casts upon the hallowed ground. Hopes of Peace loom nearby.

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Contemplating Albert Cashier

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It is my honor to present herewith a possibly over-long set of contemplations.

Lately I've been digging into an esoteric little corner of Civil War history; women soldiers who joined the ranks and fought. Numerically there were not many of them. They represent a percent of a percent, out of the millions who served. But the point remains, they also served.

The individual I'm taking a deep dive on now is perhaps the best known of these, Private Albert D.J. Cashier. At least that's the name he gave. Nobody really knows a lot about him - or her - because Albert never told the same story twice.

What is known is that an 18 or 19 year old Irish immigrant walked out of the shadows of history...

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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)

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