Say What Saturday: Helen Dortch Longstreet

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MRS. LONGSTREET TELLS WHY SHE MARRIED THE GENERAL
From the Atlanta Constitution, September 9, 1897

No social event has in recent years attracted such attention as the marriage of General Longstreet and Miss Dortch. The New York newspapers, realizing the interest felt by their readers in this union of the grand old soldier and the very attractive young lady who has become his bride, have developed a lively rivalry over the publication of news related to the marriage itself, or to its principals. The Constitution used yesterday General Longstreet's telegram to the New York World, in which he told how he, an old man, felt upon the...

Sixth Corps Ascending Catoctin Mountain on the Night of July 7

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On July 7, the First Corps preceded the Sixth Corps through Maryland in pursuit of the retreating Confederate army. Marching past Catoctin Furnace and Lewistown, the two corps marched in a generally southerly direction along what is now the Bethel road, until that road ended at a crossroad now called Yellow Springs. Turning to the left led to Frederick. But the two corps instead turned to the right, moving up Catoctin mountain to the village of Hamburg at the summit of the ridge, some three miles distant. That stretch is highlighted in yellow on the attached map, copied from a circa 1858 map of Frederick County, Maryland.

The Sixth...

Week 15 Caption This! 2021

Took a few more pictures, in prep to peserve the H&P musket..
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Took a few more pictures after disassembly, in prep. to preserve my family H&P smoothbore conversion musket.
Found a few more markings under the barrel....think they are called reassembly numbers stamped by H&P.
They also seem to match. There is a "3" stamped under the barrel, and on the conversion breech. Even found a "3" on
the front barrel band. There is also a "J" clearly stamped on the underside of the barrel just in front of the conversion breech.
Also found a "5" stamped in the wood stock just under the barrel. on the underside of the trigger plate I found a "JS" stamped on the metal Not 100% sure what these markings mean, anybody have any ideas?

Also I posted in the last thread...

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 ★ ★   Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.
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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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