Forgotten Forts Series - Fort Compher (NC)
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From the outset of the war, the town of Plymouth, North Carolina was always vital as it controlled access to the Roanoke River which leads deep into the heart of North Carolina and Virginia. The river also gave whoever controlled it direct access to the valuable town of Wheldon further upriver which served as a major hub for multiple railroads. It was for this purpose that Plymouth was hotly contested early in the war finally falling under Union control in late 1862.

It was after the Union capture of Plymouth that forces there constructed a series of forts and redoubts surrounding the town with US Navy vessels supporting the army from the river. One of these forts was Fort Compher...

Confederate Requisitions/Confiscations from Civilians near Gettysburg

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Requisitioning or impressment with an issued receipt was the usual method used by Confederate army quartermasters to gather livestock, forage and other items of military value from area farms, while outright confiscations (pillaging) typically occurred when the owner or tenant had vacated the premises.
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One example of a receipt read as follows: “Impressed from Henry Wisler eighteen bushels of oats and eight bushels of corn to be paid at market value – July 2nd 1863. J. S. Reid, Major and QMr. Davis Brigade, Confederate States. Cooper, Capt., A.Q.Mr. 42nd Miss. Regt., Davis Brigade C.S.A.” (America’s Civil War, July 2014, vol. 27, no. 3...

A cool account

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Lt. Edward H. Leib was from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned into the 5th U.S. Cavalry in 1861 despite having no formal military training. He made the Regular Army his career and retired as a full colonel in the 1890's. The photo below has his middle initial wrong.

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In doing some research on his role in the Battle of Monocacy, I found this account of the March 17, 1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford that I had never seen before. It's a good one. It was published in his hometown newspaper, the Pottsville Miners Journal:

Camp Near Falmouth, March 20, 1863.

I suppose you have heard of the cavalry, and of the success...

Trivia  10-27-2020 Music to Artillery

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I was born in Maine. At the age of 14, I enlisted as a Musician in a Massachusetts regiment. Fifteen months later I was discharged after serving in some important battles. I later reenlisted in a Massachusetts Heavy Artillery unit and served until the end of the war.
I am best remembered as the last surviving participant in an important battle.
Who am I?
What was the battle that I am forever connected with?

credit: @WJC

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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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