96th Pa. Marshy Plum Run Area

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I have always thought it interesting that the sculptor of the monument took the time to chisel out the footprint in the mud. And I had to look up why he did that. It was stated that the veterans all remembered the wet marshy ground of that area they held on July2-5th north of the Wheatfield rd.
...still is a muddy area.

96th is 6th Corps. The monument behind is the 95th pa.

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I do like the monument, probably one of my favorites on the field.
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Bonus trivia about Capt. Haas of the 96th Pa. After being mustered out in 1865, he was mistaken 3 times for John Wilkes Booth in the...

Video - Bullets & Bandages: Aid Stations and Field Hospitals at Gettysburg

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And a few others. This program was originally presented live on September 23, 2020 and is provided via YouTube video by the Civil War Round Table Congress. The video runs about 42 minutes. Enjoy.

James Gindlesperger on the various aid stations and field hospitals at Gettysburg. Gindlesperger includes brief accounts of the following:
  • David & John Blocher Farm
  • John Cunningham Farm
  • Daniel Lady Farm
  • Lydia Leister Farm
  • Schmucker Hall at the Lutheran Seminary
  • George Spangler Farm
  • Michael Frey Farm
  • Black Horse Tavern
  • George Bushman Farm
  • Isaac Lightner Farm
  • Jacob Kime Farm

John Brown's Farm State Park, Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Largely because of a recent thread in the Forum that asked whether or not the National Park Service should be memorializing or commemorating the actions of John "Old Ossawatomie" Brown at Harper's Ferry, W.Va., I was reminded of my visit to Lake Placid on a vacation to the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York back in October, 1995. Here in the extreme northern part of this Northern state there can be no doubt that this charming little state park does so, consisting of not only the farmland and house where he left his wife and younger children, but also the grave in which he "lies a'mouldering". Today Lake Placid is probably best-remembered as the...

U.S.S. Mendota

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The gunboat Mendota on the James River. Notice the crew is wearing white caps.

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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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