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[Stryker65]

Oddly, I wasn't able to find either Nathan H. Blake or I. Fillman on the 12th's muster rolls. I also looked at the rolls for the 44th New York to corroborate these findings and couldn't find any mention of either one there either (the 12th New York's members who were not due to muster out with the rest of the regiment in May 1863 were folded into the 44th New York's ranks).

Ryan

Different unit, I think -- the 12th in that case were independent, and only later merged into the 5th New York Veterans.

 

[Stryker65]

Geo. H. Star, Captain, Co. D, 104th N.Y., 156 Broadway, New York, says that about Oct. 19, 1864, while one of a party of five officers who had escaped from Columbia, S.C., and were on their way to Knoxville, Tenn., he lost a diary containing a record of army and prison experiences during the years 1863, '64, including accounts of the battle of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; of his escape from Libby Tunnel, February, 1864, and recapture; of escape from Macon, Ga. In July 1864, and recapture, and incidents of the escape from Columbia, Oct. 10. It was lost near Station 96, on the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. A proper reward will be paid for its recovery. (National Tribune, March 19, 1891, p. 3)

This would be a simply amazing resource to have!!

 

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Col hodges portrait

Col James Gregory Hodges (1828-1863) - Find a...

Veteran: Civil War (CSA) killed NOTE: His government issued stone is believed, by me, to be a CENOTAPH, because the records reviewed all stated his burial location is unknown other than in the field at Gettysburg, also ~ ~ View. h/o Sarah Sallie A F Wilson. Birth: 3rd of father's five known...

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Lieut Christopher A. Erickson (1842-1863) - Find a...

Christopher Erickson Christopher E. Erickson Residence Boston MA; a 27 year-old Cabinet Maker. Enlisted on 7/31/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant. On 8/10/1862 he was commissioned into MA 9th Light Artillery He was Killed on 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, PA Born: 1842 Listed on grave stone: Christopher...

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Part IV

A spyglass and satchel were taken by a soldier of the 21st Mississippi from the body of an artillery officer [Lieutenant Christopher E. Erickson?] who lay dead beside the four captured Napoleons of the 9th Massachusetts Battery near the Trostle buildings, and were presented to Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys. The satchel contained photographs of two boys about 12 or 14 years old. The satchel and its contents were later stolen from Humphreys on the train between Bristow [Bristol?] and Lynchburg, Virginia, and he lost the spyglass in Chattanooga Creek shortly after the battle of Chickamauga. (Benjamin G. Humphreys, Bachelder Papers, 1:482)

Lieutenant James Isaac Metts of Company G, 3rd North Carolina fell wounded on the night of July 2 while he bravely led his company against the Federal works on Culp's Hill. A rifle ball had entered his right chest and passed through the lung. Adjutant James helped Metts to the rear and into a waiting ambulance on the far side of Rock Creek, which took him to a field hospital two miles distant. Thinking he was going to die, Metts gave his sword to Surgeon J. R. T. Reeves to keep it out of enemy hands. Chaplain Paul C. Morton wrote and sent Metts' obituary to a home newspaper, where it was published. However, Metts slowly recovered and was eventually sent to the prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Exchanged circa August 1864, he rejoined his company as captain, but in the meantime Dr. Reeves had evidently moved on. In 1882, Dr. Reeves made inquiries and was astonished to learn that Metts had survived the battle and the war, and was still alive. He arranged to return the sword to him. Metts lived many more years, serving as Vice-Commander of the Camp Fear Camp, U.C.V. from April 1899 through 1905. The end finally came on October 18, 1921, when he was 79 years old. (Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. by Samuel A. Ashe, vol. 5, Greensboro, NC: Charles L. Van Noppen, Publisher, 1906, pp. 267-274; Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. V, NC, pp. 652-654; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7071289/james-isaac-metts)

Allen Richal of Company G, 6th Wisconsin, participated in the charge to the railroad cut on July 1. There he recovered a knapsack with the name and address of a Miss Fannie A. Barber. On July 5, he penned a note, "Camp on the field, Gettysburg, Penn., July 5th 1863. Miss Fannie A. Barber: Madam: I take the liberty to write you a few lines although I haven't the pleasure of your acquaintance. I found a knapsack on the battlefield of Gettysburg, where we charged and captured a rebel brigade, belonging to a soldier of one of our regt.'s in the 1st Army Corps, with the photograph of a young lady in it, also [an] envelope with your name and address on it and a scrap cut from a newspaper which I will enclose to you. The knapsack lay by a dead man. I couldn't ascertain what regt. he belonged to. We have orders to move and I must close. Your Obt Servt, Allen Richal, Co. G, 6 regt. Wis Vol" (on file, Gettysburg National Military Park)

A. F. Lee of the 6th Wisconsin visited the Devil's Den area on July 4: "They had been butchering in there … there was one who had skinned half an animal; one was killed just after he had struck and killed an ox; and a third had been struck by a ball and had fallen between the legs of the ox he was skinning." (A. F. Lee, Reminiscences of the Battle, 2nd Wisconsin, The Janesville Gazette, July 6, 1912) /// An old butcher knife was found by Mr. Diehl near Devil's Den, and looks as though it had done good service in its time. (Collection of Andrew Diehl, Ohio's Relic Room, The National Tribune, February 21, 1889, p. 3)

Captain Elias Riggs Monfort, Company F, 75th Ohio, was dangerously wounded on the night of July 2. When he revived two soldiers who said they were members of the 17th Connecticut were bending over him. After asking their names and regiment he gave his pocketbook, containing $250, to one of them, upon a promise that he would carry it to Col. Harris of the 75th Ohio [then commanding the brigade]. The money was never delivered. ("Comrade," National Tribune, December 11, 1890, p. 4)

Lieut Christopher A. Erickson (1842-1863) - Find a...

Christopher Erickson Christopher E. Erickson Residence Boston MA; a 27 year-old Cabinet Maker. Enlisted on 7/31/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant. On 8/10/1862 he was commissioned into MA 9th Light Artillery He was Killed on 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, PA Born: 1842 Listed on grave stone: Christopher...

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Part III

Lieutenant A. A. Freeman of Company C "Floyd Rifles" from Macon, 2nd Georgia Battalion, carried into the second day's fight an engraved sword that had been presented to him by his company. Being badly wounded, Freeman afterwards entrusted his sword and two others to a slave for safekeeping. However, the slave was captured and the sword became the property of William F. Bloor of the 25th Ohio. In 1868, Bloor encountered a Mr. Ricks from the Georgia Weekly Telegraph, a Macon newspaper. Bloor mentioned the sword and inquired about Freeman. When it was determined that Freeman was alive and well, the return of the sword was promised. It arrived along with the following note, which read in part: Columbus, Ohio, July 16, 1868 … The blade has a history other than that attached to it when it first came into my possession, and for which you will, I trust, prize it none the less. In order to retain possession of it, I threw my own away, and from the 4th of July 1863 to the 4th of July 1864 I carried it, bearing it through the siege of Wagner and Gregg, South Carolina. Since then, it has hung in my bedroom – a sad remembrance of the bloody field of Gettysburg. Hoping that, when again our swords are needed, we may stand side by side, and shoulder to shoulder in behalf of a common cause, and that cause the Constitution and our whole country, I am very respectfully your obedient servant, Wm. F. Bloor. (Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Macon, August 28, 1868, p. 6, vol. XLII, no. 45)

A small pocket Testament belonging to a New York Captain was left at the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863. On May 5, it was recovered by Private O. Thompson of Company A, 24th Georgia. Thompson deserted his unit at Gettysburg on July 2, and on July 12 he was captured at Hagerstown, Maryland. Being transferred to Hammond Hospital in October 1863, Thompson evidently wound up at the Point Lookout prison. In 1864, J. Edwin Nye of Company E, 3rd Maine recovered the Testament at Point Lookout. On the fly-leaf was written: "This book was found two and one-half miles above Fredericksburg, on the battlefield, the 5th day of May, 1863. 24th Georgia regiment, Wofford's brigade, McLaws' division. Private O. Thompson." On the inside of the last cover was the name of Captain Wheeler, Company A, 130th New York regiment. (The National Tribune, May 1, 1884; Compiled Service Record of O. Thompson)

During a trip to Gettysburg in 1878, Henry M. Mingay, a former soldier of the 69th New York, found an ambrotype buried with the remains of a Confederate soldier, thought to have been a member of the 31st Georgia. Found on the property of David Blocher near the Carlisle road north of town, the ambrotype was still clear and distinct. It showed a mother and two beautiful daughters, about 12 and 7 years of age. (The Albany (Georgia) News, August 22, 1878)

On July 1, 1863 Philip Keller, from Westminster, found a soldier's badge or medal on the road leading from Westminster to Manchester, Maryland, on which was inscribed on one side: "Maj. Gen. Hooker," with a bust of the general and "I. P. Clifford, Co. E, 2d Reg't Vt. Vols., Chelsea, Vt.;" and on the reverse, "War of 1861. Bull Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Days, Richmond, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg." (The National Tribune, November 3, 1892, p. 4)

On July 1, Captain Mahlon B. Briggs of Company D, 75th Ohio was carrying a small prayer book called, The Soldier's Textbook. During a brief halt in Gettysburg, he apparently encountered a young lady who wrote hastily in his book, "Capt. Briggs, Don't forget, God's will be done. Go forward into the fight. Think of friends and home. God is with you. I pray God protects you. Sincerely, Kate W., Gettysburg. Glory and safety to the Seventy Fifth Regiment." Briggs was seriously wounded later that day; he died on July 3 and was buried on the Almshouse farm. Following the battle, a traveler found the book. The identity of the young woman was believed to be Kate Wattles, single, age 22 (the same age as Capt. Briggs), who lived with her family on West Middle Street. She likely walked to Washington Street, a half-block to the east, to watch the Union soldiers pass by, and encountered Capt. Briggs there. Kate would eventually marry a Gettysburg man and raise a family. (Article by Glen Hayes, The Civil War News, July 2004, p. 4a)

Picture found at Blocher farm

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Lieut Christopher A. Erickson (1842-1863) - Find a...

Christopher Erickson Christopher E. Erickson Residence Boston MA; a 27 year-old Cabinet Maker. Enlisted on 7/31/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant. On 8/10/1862 he was commissioned into MA 9th Light Artillery He was Killed on 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, PA Born: 1842 Listed on grave stone: Christopher...

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Picture found at Blocher farm

Can You Help Solve These Gettysburg Photo Mysteries?

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1862 Southern woman photograph mystery
The picture of the unknown woman page 103

Confederate veteran v.5(1897).

two possible clues to identity
1) The young unknown soldier was found near the body of a Captain Lindsley of New Orleans
2) The Unnamed Union soldier served in the 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Who was Captain Lindsley?

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ANother thread on Lost and found....

His Sword Returned | Edged Weapons

There are many stories of officers' swords, lost during battle, being returned to their owners many years later. Here are a few of them: Col. C. N. Cadwallader, 112th Pennsylvania Volunteers: [Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 2, 1902]

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[Tom Elmore]

Part XIV (14)

Further information has surfaced on Private Alden W. Parks of Company D, 16th Vermont (see Part VIII above), who explains how he lost his stencil: "Previous to the battle, I had slipped my stencil plate into my cartridge box, where it just fitted. Early in the charge, I was severely wounded through the right breast and was soon unconscious. Upon regaining my senses, I was lying near the 'old barn.' I presume they thought me dead, for I had been stripped of most of my belongings. Of course, at just that time I was not thinking much about cartridge boxes or stencil plates." In September 1899, he received the stencil plate in the mail from Albion M. Dudley, who found it on the battlefield during a visit in summer 1891 and then spent years trying to track down the owner. It was six inches long by two inches wide, and was issued to Parks when he enlisted to mark clothes, blankets, etc. (New Hampshire Farmer and Weekly Union, Manchester, N. H., November 18, 1893, p. 4)

Following the failure of the Confederate assault on July 3, Captain John W. Lynch of Company C, 106th Pennsylvania, advanced his skirmishers to Codori's barn, where he accepted the surrender of many Confederates, including Colonel Birkett D. Fry of the 13th Alabama, then commanding Archer's brigade. Lynch received and kept the sword of Col. Fry, who died in early 1891. In 1899, Lynch generously returned the sword to Fry's nephew, who turned it over to the Ladies' Memorial Association, which deposited the sword at Alabama's capitol in Montgomery. Lynch died in 1907. (The Age-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, March 12, 1899, p. 2; Obituary of John W. Lynch, National Tribune, September 17, 1907, p. 7; History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, by Joseph R. C. Ward, Philadelphia, PA: F. McManus, Jr. & Co., 1906)

Several hundred wounded from Rodes' division occupied the grounds of the Hankey farm west of Gettysburg. P. D. W. "Dave" Hankey operated the farm during the battle and 31 years later he described two relics in his possession. One was a Bible with the following inscription on the flyleaf: "W. H. Bolch, born May 6th, in the year of our Lord 1840, 23d Regiment N. C. Troops." Bolch had also noted his birthplace as Catawba county, N. C. Private William H. Bolch served in Company F, 23rd North Carolina and was reported missing in action on July 1. He had received a gunshot in the left neck that fractured his collarbone and was taken captive. He was paroled in late April 1864. Hankey was hoping to return the Bible to Bolch, or else to family or friends. (The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, Dec 20, 1894, p. 2; Compiled service records of William H. Bolch, Fold3)

The other item in P. D. W. Hankey's possession was a book entitled, "Round the Fire," which he described as a light read. Written in the book was the owner's name: "Lieut. W. G. Baldwin, Co. K, 20th N. C. Reg't, Iverson's Brigade." In September 1862, William Gaston Baldwin was enrolled in the company as its 2nd lieutenant. Wounded at Fredericksburg the following December, he was apparently promoted to 1st Lieutenant shortly before the Gettysburg campaign. Captured on July 1, he was sent on to the officers' prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Baldwin was promoted to captain on November 2, 1863, while still a prisoner, and after his exchange on March 17, 1864, he returned to his unit. On September 19, five months later, he was badly wounded by a gunshot to his left thigh and was still marked absent as of early 1865. Over three decades later, Hankey wished to return the book to Baldwin, if he still lived, or else to his friends as a memento. (The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, Dec 20, 1894, p. 2; Compiled service records of William G. Baldwin, Fold3)

On the evening of July 5, the 118th Pennsylvania, along with the rest of Colonel Tilton's brigade, marched southward about three miles to escape the stench of the battlefield, and bivouacked for the night. "Here one of the regiments captured a goose belonging to an elderly lady and carried it off, much against her wishes." In 1889, 26 years later, "the confiscator, with his comrades, drove to the scene of his appropriation and presented the same lady, now advanced in years, an immense goose, ornamented with ribbons red, white and blue." (New Orleans Times-Democrat, reprinted by Democratic Northwest, Napoleon, Ohio, July 4, 1889, p. 4)

 

[Stryker65]

On the evening of July 5, the 118th Pennsylvania, along with the rest of Colonel Tilton's brigade, marched southward about three miles to escape the stench of the battlefield, and bivouacked for the night. "Here one of the regiments captured a goose belonging to an elderly lady and carried it off, much against her wishes." In 1889, 26 years later, "the confiscator, with his comrades, drove to the scene of his appropriation and presented the same lady, now advanced in years, an immense goose, ornamented with ribbons red, white and blue." (New Orleans Times-Democrat, reprinted by Democratic Northwest, Napoleon, Ohio, July 4, 1889, p. 4)

This made me wonder, what was defined as "elderly" back then? If 26 years pass and she's still alive, then was "elderly" considered anywhere around 50-60? I mean, the life expectancy was shorter back then but it would seem strange to call someone around that age "elderly."

 

[rpkennedy]

This made me wonder, what was defined as "elderly" back then? If 26 years pass and she's still alive, then was "elderly" considered anywhere around 50-60? I mean, the life expectancy was shorter back then but it would seem strange to call someone around that age "elderly."

It would depend on the age of the one making the statement. I have accounts of some of his men referring to General William Harrow as "old man", "aged", etc. He was 41 years old at Gettysburg.

Ryan

 

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Part XIV (14)

Further information has surfaced on Private Alden W. Parks of Company D, 16th Vermont (see Part VIII above), who explains how he lost his stencil: "Previous to the battle, I had slipped my stencil plate into my cartridge box, where it just fitted. Early in the charge, I was severely wounded through the right breast and was soon unconscious. Upon regaining my senses, I was lying near the 'old barn.' I presume they thought me dead, for I had been stripped of most of my belongings. Of course, at just that time I was not thinking much about cartridge boxes or stencil plates." In September 1899, he received the stencil plate in the mail from Albion M. Dudley, who found it on the battlefield during a visit in summer 1891 and then spent years trying to track down the owner. It was six inches long by two inches wide, and was issued to Parks when he enlisted to mark clothes, blankets, etc. (New Hampshire Farmer and Weekly Union, Manchester, N. H., November 18, 1893, p. 4)

Following the failure of the Confederate assault on July 3, Captain John W. Lynch of Company C, 106th Pennsylvania, advanced his skirmishers to Codori's barn, where he accepted the surrender of many Confederates, including Colonel Birkett D. Fry of the 13th Alabama, then commanding Archer's brigade. Lynch received and kept the sword of Col. Fry, who died in early 1891. In 1899, Lynch generously returned the sword to Fry's nephew, who turned it over to the Ladies' Memorial Association, which deposited the sword at Alabama's capitol in Montgomery. Lynch died in 1907. (The Age-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, March 12, 1899, p. 2; Obituary of John W. Lynch, National Tribune, September 17, 1907, p. 7; History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, by Joseph R. C. Ward, Philadelphia, PA: F. McManus, Jr. & Co., 1906)

Several hundred wounded from Rodes' division occupied the grounds of the Hankey farm west of Gettysburg. P. D. W. "Dave" Hankey operated the farm during the battle and 31 years later he described two relics in his possession. One was a Bible with the following inscription on the flyleaf: "W. H. Bolch, born May 6th, in the year of our Lord 1840, 23d Regiment N. C. Troops." Bolch had also noted his birthplace as Catawba county, N. C. Private William H. Bolch served in Company F, 23rd North Carolina and was reported missing in action on July 1. He had received a gunshot in the left neck that fractured his collarbone and was taken captive. He was paroled in late April 1864. Hankey was hoping to return the Bible to Bolch, or else to family or friends. (The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, Dec 20, 1894, p. 2; Compiled service records of William H. Bolch, Fold3)

The other item in P. D. W. Hankey's possession was a book entitled, "Round the Fire," which he described as a light read. Written in the book was the owner's name: "Lieut. W. G. Baldwin, Co. K, 20th N. C. Reg't, Iverson's Brigade." In September 1862, William Gaston Baldwin was enrolled in the company as its 2nd lieutenant. Wounded at Fredericksburg the following December, he was apparently promoted to 1st Lieutenant shortly before the Gettysburg campaign. Captured on July 1, he was sent on to the officers' prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Baldwin was promoted to captain on November 2, 1863, while still a prisoner, and after his exchange on March 17, 1864, he returned to his unit. On September 19, five months later, he was badly wounded by a gunshot to his left thigh and was still marked absent as of early 1865. Over three decades later, Hankey wished to return the book to Baldwin, if he still lived, or else to his friends as a memento. (The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, Dec 20, 1894, p. 2; Compiled service records of William G. Baldwin, Fold3)

On the evening of July 5, the 118th Pennsylvania, along with the rest of Colonel Tilton's brigade, marched southward about three miles to escape the stench of the battlefield, and bivouacked for the night. "Here one of the regiments captured a goose belonging to an elderly lady and carried it off, much against her wishes." In 1889, 26 years later, "the confiscator, with his comrades, drove to the scene of his appropriation and presented the same lady, now advanced in years, an immense goose, ornamented with ribbons red, white and blue." (New Orleans Times-Democrat, reprinted by Democratic Northwest, Napoleon, Ohio, July 4, 1889, p. 4)

In regard to Private Bolch according to his find a grave memorial he died Catawba COunty NC in 1916
In regard to Captain Baldwin accoding his Find a grave memorial he died Columbus COunty NC 1899
Sorry neither biography tells if they or their relations received either the Bible or Book back after 32 years!

 

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In regard to Private Bolch according to his find a grave memorial he died Catawba COunty NC in 1916
In regard to Captain Baldwin accoding his Find a grave memorial he died Columbus COunty NC 1899
Sorry neither biography tells if they or their relations received either the Bible or Book back after 32 years!

Her is a thread on a union veterans who lost his diary in 1863 at Gettysburg and got it back 24 years later!

The odd return of a War diary | Gettysburg

This is my first posting to this sub-forum, so hoping I’ve found the proper place. Let me know if not. As part of my new member introduction, I somewhat off-handily referenced the story of a lost diary. The story is found on pages 148-149 of C.V. Tevis’s 50th Anniversary history of the...

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ANy other stories of lost artifacts found and or looking for ?

 

[lelliott19]

@Tom Elmore I ran across this one while searching for the finder of the Riker diary. The owner of this diary was Major Benjamin W Leigh. He had been Captain of Co A, 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry. Either Co A or the entire outfit was aka The Irish Battalion. Leigh served in that role until he was "Detailed to command the 42nd Va. Regt. about the last of Nov 1862." Then he is listed as "Appt'd Maj on Gen'l Johnson's staff" - he may have been acting as Adjutant when he was killed about 11am on July 3rd at Gettysburg? William R Creighton of the 7th Ohio reported: "At the time the white flag was raised, a mounted rebel officer… was seen to come forward and endeavor to stop the surrender, when he was fired upon by my men and instantly killed." Would you please fill us in on the details? Also I do not know what regiment of Slocum's brigade Surgeon Burr was associated with?

The Times. (Richmond, VA), January 15, 1903, 10.

 

[Tom Elmore]

@Tom Elmore I ran across this one while searching for the finder of the Riker diary. The owner of this diary was Major Benjamin W Leigh. He had been Captain of Co A, 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry. Either Co A or the entire outfit was aka The Irish Battalion. Leigh served in that role until he was "Detailed to command the 42nd Va. Regt. about the last of Nov 1862." Then he is listed as "Appt'd Maj on Gen'l Johnson's staff" - he may have been acting as Adjutant when he was killed about 11am on July 3rd at Gettysburg? William R Creighton of the 7th Ohio reported: "At the time the white flag was raised, a mounted rebel officer… was seen to come forward and endeavor to stop the surrender, when he was fired upon by my men and instantly killed." Would you please fill us in on the details? Also I do not know what regiment of Slocum's brigade Surgeon Burr was associated with?
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The Times. (Richmond, VA), January 15, 1903, 10.

Major Benjamin Watkins Leigh was killed about 10:45 a.m. on July 3 when, during a lull, he rode forward toward an isolated group from the 4th Virginia that was trapped close to the Union lines on Culp's Hill, opposite the 7th Ohio. Leigh was seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was plainly visible to a large number of Union soldiers who were defending the hill, and both he and his horse were riddled by bullets. Here's a post describing how his corpse was picked over by relic hunters once the fighting had subsided:

Dividing the Spoils of War – the Body of Major Benjamin Watkins Leigh | Gettysburg

In the forenoon of July 3, Major Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Adjutant General on Major General Edward Johnson’s staff, was working his way around Culp’s Hill on horseback during a lull in the fighting. The actual purpose of his mission is not known, but at that time Confederate forces on the hill...

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I don't know the identity of the Surgeon Burr who reportedly collected Leigh's diary. Earlier in the war, Slocum commanded a brigade in the Sixth Corps, and it so happens that Shaler's brigade of the Sixth Corps was within 200 yards of the spot where Leigh was killed.

 

[Stryker65]

Based on the blog Surgeons at Gettysburg, there are two likely candidates for who this "Surgeon Burr" was:
- Surg. William J. Burr (42nd New York), brigade surgeon 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps. If so, man was sure lost.
- Surg. Alfred J. Ball (5th Ohio), division surgeon 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps. If so, it would make sense, considering that the 7th Ohio was in the same brigade as the 5th Ohio, in that same division. But also, it wouldn't make sense how a "Daniel G. Burr" was related...

 

[rpkennedy]

I don't know the identity of the Surgeon Burr who reportedly collected Leigh's diary. Earlier in the war, Slocum commanded a brigade in the Sixth Corps, and it so happens that Shaler's brigade of the Sixth Corps was within 200 yards of the spot where Leigh was killed.

I was looking at the New York regiments in the Sixth and Twelfth Corps and I'm coming up with nothing in regards to a Burr as a surgeon at Gettysburg. I'm going to look at Pennsylvania regiments next and I'll keep digging.

Ryan

 

[lelliott19]

I was looking at the New York regiments in the Sixth and Twelfth Corps and I'm coming up with nothing in regards to a Burr as a surgeon at Gettysburg. I'm going to look at Pennsylvania regiments next and I'll keep digging.

Ryan

When I get home from work tonight, I'll go the other way.

Ill begin with Dr Daniel S Burr and see if I can identify a relative of his the last name Burr who happened to also be a doctor.

Hopefully, we will meet in the middle with the answer.

 

[rpkennedy]

When I get home from work tonight, I'll go the other way.

Ill begin with Dr Daniel S Burr and see if I can identify a relative of his the last name Burr who happened to also be a doctor.

Hopefully, we will meet in the middle with the answer.

I found his father, who was also a doctor and an adult during the war, but couldn't find that he served. They were the only doctors that I could find in the family so I'm wondering if it came through his wife or mother's families.

Ryan

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Part I

At dawn on July 4 [5?], a passing Confederate handed a book to Mrs. John Shank, who was standing near the road at the hamlet of Seven Stars. In it, Mrs. Shank found the name of the original owner, Carrie [Caroline] McMillan, daughter of David McMillan, as well as the most recent owner, S. R. Doolittle of Sumter's Artillery Battalion, who had also added a brief parting sentiment, "S. R. Doolittle, a Georgian by birth, Alabamian by adoption, and a Pennsylvanian by a d--- misfortune." Carrie got her book back. (Selim R. Doolittle hailed from Americus, Georgia, and was then serving as a private in Captain Hugh M. Ross' battery, which during the battle was stationed not far from the McMillan residence on Seminary Ridge. By the way, Carrie witnessed Lincoln deliver his address in Gettysburg on November 19, 1863.) [Sources: Article on Carrie L. McMillan in the Chronicle 2012; Compiled Service Records of Selim R. Doolittle; Reeves, Caroline Buck, Family Papers 1856-1978, Harvard Library.]

Thomas E. Cook, a farmer in Menallen Township, located roughly 10 miles north of Gettysburg, had two horses taken by a Confederate foraging detail on July 3. One of these horses was subsequently recovered by Boyd's cavalry. (Colonel William H. Boyd's 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry was recruited by Governor Curtin during the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. Boyd had previously served in the Lincoln Cavalry.) [Source: Civilian damage claims, Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg]

Rev. Dr. Charles B. Krauth and his family occupied a house just north of the Theological Seminary, where Krauth was employed. The family emerged from their cellar late on July 1 to find their house packed with wounded Federals of the First Corps. Early the next morning they went to Jacob Hankey's place on the Mummasburg road, and did not return home until July 6. Fortunately they found that their home was not badly ransacked, although some items were missing, including a four-piece silver set. They must have been surprised when the mayor of Waynesboro, 22 miles to the southwest of Gettysburg, returned the silver. A conscientious Confederate officer had turned the set over to the mayor as his command was passing through Waynesboro during the retreat. Slightly scratched from the journey, the set now resides at the Adams County Historical Society. [Source: Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg]

A coverless Bible was picked up on the battlefield on July 6 with the names of George Hyatt and William Hyatt written on one fly-leaf, and Timothy Harrington, West Henrietta, Monroe County, N.Y. written on another fly-leaf. (All three belonged to Company H, 108th New York, which only had one recorded death in the battle – 2nd Lieutenant Dayton T. Card, killed by a shell piece during the July 3 cannonade. Card was afterwards buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.) [Sources: S. B. Row, The National Tribune, October 13, 1892, p. 4; Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, Union Casualties at Gettysburg, 2:587]

B. F. Eberly wrote that his father-in-law, Augustus Reinoehl, found a Testament a few days after the battle in the trough of a stable near Cemetery Hill. Written on the front and back fly-leaves was the following: Joseph L. White, Co. F, 12th N.J. (The 12th New Jersey was posted along the stone wall extending south of the Brien barn on July 2 and 3. Company F was also part of an attack made upon the Bliss buildings around 7:30 a.m. on July 3, but White is not listed among the casualties of the battle.) [Source: B. F. Eberly, The National Tribune, October 10, 1889, p. 5]

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I really like that drawing.

 

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Another case of lost/found pistol belonged to Captain Baldwin 14 NYSM/84th NY
Lost 1862 -query about it 1895 33 years later!

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photo and memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baldwin&GSfn=Charles&GSby=1836&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10298985&df=all& Service record at page 759 http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/84th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf His...

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Baldwin died 1912 dont know if he ever got his pistol back....

 

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Lost and Found
two Pictures Found at Gettysburg
One from unknown soldier 31st george Regiment on William Blocher Farm..a woman and two children {4 account message #10)
One of an Unkown woman picked up by a soldier of 14th Connecticut Infantry

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The Amos Humiston story resonates like few others from Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863—Day 1 of the epic, three-day battle—a local resident discovered the body of the 154th New York Infantry sergeant near John Kuhn’s brickyard, north of the town square. The soldier clutched in his hand an image of...

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The items found on Blocher farm in 1878 message # 28 https://civilwartalk.com/threads/so...rs-near-gettysburg.213976/page-2#post-2869223

 

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Col. Richard P Roberts 140th Pennsylvania: At the commencement of the war, the citizens of Beaver, PA presented Roberts with "a handsome sword upon which his name was engraved." He carried this sword into the fight on July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg. Unfortunately, Col. Roberts was shot in the breast while gallantly leading his men near the wheatfield. Sgt. Joseph Moody wrote in his diary "...the regiment sustained a loss at this moment that never will be filled by as brave a man or better commanded." When Col. Roberts' body was found, his uniform had been stripped and the sword was missing. Fast forward to May 1864. As a Union detail was burying the dead at the Wilderness, they came upon a dead Confederate officer wearing the sword inscribed to Colonel Roberts. The sword, lost at Gettysburg and found at the Wilderness, was returned to the family. [Gettysburg Compiler. (Gettysburg, PA) August 24, 1910, 1. and Joseph Moody diary, July 2, 1863 entry, Lewis Leigh Collection, USAMHI, Carlisle, PA.]