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Showing posts with label Lieutenant colonel Henry Pearson. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Lieutenant colonel Henry Pearson. Show all posts

Sunday, May 28, 2017

10 to remember: 'What will father and mother do now?'

The Gettysburg grave of Corporal John Van Alstyne, killed at Culp's Hill on July 3, 1863. (Photo: Laura Rowland) Like this blog on...

Friday, April 29, 2016

Numbers on granite blocks: Union unknowns in Fredericksburg

In Fredericksburg (Va.) National Cemetery, the remains of 17 Union soldiers, all unknown, are buried under these markers. The second nu...

Thursday, April 28, 2016

From Antietam to The Wilderness, a memorable Power Tour

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

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

6th New Hampshire officer Henry Pearson 'returns' to his grave

On a muggy spring morning, I returned to Henry Pearson's grave with a war-time tintype of him. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.) Hen...

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Lt. Colonel Henry Pearson: 'Left ... alone in his glory'

6th New Hampshire Lieutenant colonel Henry Pearson was killed at North Anna River on May 26, 1864. The case is not original to the image...

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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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