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Showing posts with label Harpers Ferry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harpers Ferry. Show all posts
Friday, May 24, 2024

Tales from the road: The kid who died in Mrs. Cross' yard

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Sharpshooter Lewis Branscomb, an Alabaman, suffered a mortal wound in the yard of this house.                  Like this blog on  Facebook  ...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

A Civil War orphan's plea to President Taft: Help my sister

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According to the date stamp, President Taft's White House received the letter from  the daughter  of Civil War veteran Isaac Bellis o...
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

A soldier's death in Mrs. Cross' yard in Harpers Ferry

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A Union sharpshooter killed Lewis Branscomb of the Third Alabama in the front yard of  this house on Washington Street in Harpers Ferry, ...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

From Antietam to The Wilderness, a memorable Power Tour

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A backdrop of a field of buttercups at Ellwood Manor, where Stonewall Jackson's arm is buried. Like this blog on Facebook  | Follow...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Harpers Ferry panorama from Maryland Heights

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                                     Click on image for full-screen interactive panorama. During the Civil War, the imposing Maryland Heig...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Civil War under my nose: John Brown birthplace

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The house where John Brown was born burned down in 1918.  The man who helped spark the Civil War was born in 1800 in a house on a sceni...