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Showing posts with label General James Longstreet. Show all posts

Showing posts with label General James Longstreet. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

How Longstreet survived post-Gettysburg reunion train wreck

En route to his home in Georgia, James Longstreet was aboard "The Piedmont Airline" when it wrecked at the "Fat Nancy" ...

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Top 2017 posts: Lot of 'Old Pete,' a little of 'Old Snapping Turtle'

During his 1888 visit to Gettysburg, James Longstreet stood for a photograph with his former adversaries, including Henry Slocum (left)...

Saturday, September 30, 2017

A farmer's daughter: 'The room was full of dead men!'

In an undated image, the Henry Piper farmhouse. ( Library of Congress ) The Piper farmhouse and outbuilding date to the war. ( Libra...

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Then & Now: General James Longstreet at Gettysburg

EARLY JULY 1888: JAMES LONGSTREET AT GETTYSBURG. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.) Like this blog on Facebook. APRIL 28, 2017: PRESE...

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Antietam: Where General Longstreet, staff manned cannons

Confederate artillery position on Henry Piper farm, near Bloody Lane. Like this blog on Facebook. After the Confederates were finally f...

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John Banks: John Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images. Banks, who attended Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School, graduated from West Virginia University (B.A. in journalism). A longtime journalist (The Dallas Morning News, ESPN, The History Channel), he is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography.

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