The Gettysburg Battle and the Little Round Top Turn
A vivid account of the Gettysburg battle scene on the second day. General Meade and General Warren discover the strategic importance of Little Round Top from the summit, prompting a decisive response as musket fire erupts. Joshua L. Chamberlain is cited for heroism at nearby Little Round Top.
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Gettysburg
Meade
Twentieth Maine
Little Round Top
Joshua L. Chamberlain
Tee
Warren
Big Horse
Signal Corps
Colonel Chamberlain and Hazlett Hold at Little Round Top
The narrative recalls Hazlett’s battery holding Little Round Top as Chamberlain describes the stand at Gettysburg. Hazlett is killed while the Twenty Maine anchors the extreme left, facing a turning attack by Confederate regiments including the Fourth Texas and Alabama units.
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Vincent
Hazlett
Leutenant
Chamberlain
Texas
Alabama
Fifteenth
Maine
Chamberlain and the Round Top Charge at Gettysburg
The account recalls Colonel Chamberlain directing a bayonet countercharge at Little Round Top during Gettysburg. Despite heavy casualties, his 400 prisoners were captured and a key valley held. He later earned the Medal of Honor and was brevetted major general for gallantry.
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Colonel Chamberlain
Bastet Chamberlain
Ettle Hound Tor
Chamberlain
Melcher
Little Round Top
Great Round Top
Hood
Gettysburg
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Monument planned for Grand Army founder Stephenson in Springfield
Memorial by J Massey Rhind of New York, three sided obelisk to honor Dr Benjamin Franklin Stephenson founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. Erection near Louisiana Ave and Seventh in Washington to be ready by August 1 1909 with Congress funding and GAR funds totaling about 44 000.
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Congress
Jr. Stephenson
Fourteenth Slpois Volunteer Infantry
West
Wayne County
Dr. Stephenson
Sangamon County
Farragut Tribute and Hartford Hull Verse
A poem recalling Farragut and the Hartford battle, praising bravery and the admiral bound to the mast as shells struck the hull. A mention of St Gardens’ statue of Farragut frames the historic naval memory.
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Farragut
Hartford
St. Gardens
Poem Fragment on Brave Fight Shines in New York
A poetic fragment credits a Brave figure with enduring glory, referencing a radiant display of courage. The lines mention Mobile defenses and a famed action that glitters as a shining light over Madison Square in New York.
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Mobile
Madison Square, New York
The Gutest Yankee Soldier a. ON. Lurte.J HWE Gutest Yankee sol dier
A Confederate veteran recalls a legendary Union spy known for slipperiness and charm. He recounts capture fails, a boxcar escape, a farmhouse guard, a secret tunnel, bloodhound pursuit, and peppered boot tracks before the spy finally reached federal lines. The tale closes with the spy’s later marriage to the farmer’s daughter and their many descendants. In memory of the brave at Gettysburg, monuments honor 360 regiments.
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Lurte
Gels
Big Hat
Coettysburg
Those Broken Ranks and the First Civil War Shots
A reflective poem recalls fallen comrades and wartime triumphs while noting the enduring respect paid to veterans. It recounts Edmund Ruffin's role at Port Saterly and his later suicide at Amelia Court House after the Confederacy’s defeat.
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Nhusel
Edmund Ruffin
Port Saterly
James River
Ruffin
Amelia Court House
Cannon Ball From Fort Sumter Sentry Donated by Dr Ford
Dr W Hutson Ford of Washington presented the National Museum with a forty pound cannon ball believed to have been fired during the opening engagement of the Civil War at Fort Sumter.
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National Museum
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Frank H. Sweet
Grand Army
Springfield
Decatur
Ill
Stephenson
Robertus Love
Robertus Laws
Marion
Couthony Smith
Marion C. Smith
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