tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.comments2023-10-22T08:15:21.109-07:00Battlefield WanderingsNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08528725361910007225noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-32950285360718538392015-07-20T16:11:53.384-07:002015-07-20T16:11:53.384-07:00Glad to see your return. I found your blog while t...Glad to see your return. I found your blog while trying to figure out how to find some of those spots in the Chickamauga/Chattanooga area that are not in the park and appreciate your comments and photos.Cheryl K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16895151046682701754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-81543696149351219312015-04-20T17:23:12.160-07:002015-04-20T17:23:12.160-07:00Mr. Davis is actually buried in Canon City, Colora...Mr. Davis is actually buried in Canon City, Colorado (Fremont County)at the Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery.<br /><br />I do have some pictures of his headstone though I seem to be unable to attach them here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507397816851745099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-78540240963488023172014-03-02T10:40:43.667-07:002014-03-02T10:40:43.667-07:00Great blog! I am an English adjunct instructor in ...Great blog! I am an English adjunct instructor in Smyrna, TN. I got my students to do their first essay on historical signs/ plaques. A gifted older Russian gentleman cited your blog. I am now following you. I look forward to your historical posts. This is a hobby/ fondness of mine, as wel.. Jessica Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960131201035822206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-29577285861920826642014-02-19T12:35:38.584-07:002014-02-19T12:35:38.584-07:00Anyone know roughly which path way the soldiers to...Anyone know roughly which path way the soldiers took to and from Fort Henry to Paris TN? I live in Buchanan TN and would love to try and hike as much of trail from fort henry to Paris the way that the soldiers did. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-21444620310329891592014-01-26T14:40:48.038-07:002014-01-26T14:40:48.038-07:00I was at Battery C in Helena this morning. There ...I was at Battery C in Helena this morning. There is an all new road to it. A replica of the the place as it would have appeared has been built and there are interpretive signs in place. More work is coming, so this is good news. Thanks for your feedback. John Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-81512099207614757872013-12-24T00:37:27.503-07:002013-12-24T00:37:27.503-07:00I think the Fort Donelson campaign was not a turni...I think the Fort Donelson campaign was not a turning or tipping point, but could have been if the Confederates had taken advantage of their opportunities. In this sense, it was the decisive campaign of the war. A defeat here would have ended Grant's career, set the conquest of the South back by months if not years. The Confederacy never had the chance to accomplish this again. Grant never lost the initiative. Sctthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109177944250914897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-19237796795740706462013-12-18T08:37:13.737-07:002013-12-18T08:37:13.737-07:00Quick thanks for this. I recently stumbled on info...Quick thanks for this. I recently stumbled on info that my great2 grandfather Michael E. O'Connell (16th Wisconsin, Co. G) had been wounded at Shiloh. Somehow that info never got passed down. A quick follow up found he was in G Company, but not until finding your post was I able to confirm the regiment.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16275678707103038011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-39069042250424962892013-11-10T21:20:08.644-07:002013-11-10T21:20:08.644-07:00Great photographs.
Really enjoying your work on t...Great photographs.<br /><br />Really enjoying your work on the Vicksburg campaign.<br /><br />Now if they would just make Champion Hill a state or federal park and have a driving tour and visitor center.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-78461089182034539172013-10-22T16:04:04.559-07:002013-10-22T16:04:04.559-07:00Really happy to see that your back in the blogosph...Really happy to see that your back in the blogosphere and looking foward to seeing your pics from your recent travelsSimonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-14683823498063374462013-09-06T14:40:49.060-07:002013-09-06T14:40:49.060-07:00Thank you for this valuable contribution to my kno...Thank you for this valuable contribution to my knowledge of my family history. My great great grandfather, John Vest, belonged to Crocker's Brigade. He was in Iowa 13th Infantry, Co. D. You are very much appreciated for sharing your passion and research. <br />Janice Cox BrownAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445069926653648210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-16059940232268445352013-09-06T14:35:48.778-07:002013-09-06T14:35:48.778-07:00Thank you for this blog. My great greatgrandfather...Thank you for this blog. My great greatgrandfather, John Vest, was in Crocker's Brigade. H e was in the 13th Iowa Infantry, Co. D. You are appreciated by this family historian. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445069926653648210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-31905019171946629812013-09-03T21:32:35.844-07:002013-09-03T21:32:35.844-07:00Awesome!Awesome!Charishttp://themeatgrinders.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-50139109099308353842013-07-17T11:00:01.672-07:002013-07-17T11:00:01.672-07:00Thank you for your reviews.Thank you for your reviews.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680700783923382336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-90667566705186310662013-07-06T08:19:39.196-07:002013-07-06T08:19:39.196-07:00My uncle Arnold Cochran was killed on 20/SEP/1863 ...My uncle Arnold Cochran was killed on 20/SEP/1863 in the battle of Chickamauga. His name is on the monument. I have seen a picture of it with his name but I can not find it now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-70217796997096509142013-05-24T11:21:10.735-07:002013-05-24T11:21:10.735-07:00Congrats!
Good to see you back blogging.
This h...Congrats!<br /><br />Good to see you back blogging. <br /><br />This has always been one of my favorite Civil War sites.<br /><br />ChrisChris Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-57357104529311168052013-04-21T01:09:02.560-07:002013-04-21T01:09:02.560-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.scott davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185110800919351863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-33494909697177366122013-03-24T19:14:18.984-07:002013-03-24T19:14:18.984-07:00Nick, i have an original artillery range finder, u...Nick, i have an original artillery range finder, used by Lt. Col. Carter E Braxton of the Virginia Militia. It's really a neat tool. If you send me your email address i willsend photos.<br />GordonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-13771584137626909492013-03-04T12:18:17.386-07:002013-03-04T12:18:17.386-07:00ah, but there is now a small museum on the site of...ah, but there is now a small museum on the site of the first encounter of the British and French forces. check Braddock's Batlefield History Center at google.<br />Do you make dioramas for sale?<br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-89001344357317770152013-02-16T18:04:22.918-07:002013-02-16T18:04:22.918-07:00Thanks for this information. Like you, my husband...Thanks for this information. Like you, my husband and I are Civil War buffs who believe in walking battlefields. We especially enjoy going to the less well-known places. We will be at Shiloh and Corinth soon and will plan to visit La Grange as well. Like you, I blog about the war, focusing more on human interest stories in the hope of enticing people who view history as boring to become fellow Civil War Nuts.<br />Pat Granstra<br />patgranstra@gmail.com<br />www.civilwarprimer.comPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901725875125167644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-35685795592976169932013-02-10T10:36:39.073-07:002013-02-10T10:36:39.073-07:00Hi Nick, Kennesaw Mountain is an awesome sight. On...Hi Nick, Kennesaw Mountain is an awesome sight. One of my ancestors lost his life and is burried there in the National Cemetery, John Starr. A man by the name of Brad Quinlin is a brilliant Civil War lecturer there. He has written a current book of Civil War Letters. I hope you can meet him sometime since you both have the CW in common. Nice compilations. Thanks for sharing G JonesG Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-6269169093182339492013-01-24T07:04:05.254-07:002013-01-24T07:04:05.254-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10206503506011763393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-2469142957504123632013-01-07T21:00:44.525-07:002013-01-07T21:00:44.525-07:00Accounts of the Battle of Chickamauga have mention...Accounts of the Battle of Chickamauga have mentioned that Union troops did not cross the Brotherton Road where, in fact, Colonel Bartleson was probably captured as several companies of the 100th Illinois crossed it the morning of the battle to reconnoiter was as a massing of troops and artillery...running into General Hood's division before it attacked.<br /><br />Too bad for the Union that word of the massing of troops did not reach headquarters before the 100th and Woods' division were ordered to move and created the "gap" in the line Hood went through, by happenstance.<br /><br />At least that's my understanding of what happened.Boots Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257586206080822634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-61753472854229317062013-01-07T20:59:27.011-07:002013-01-07T20:59:27.011-07:00Accounts of the Battle of Chickamauga have mention...Accounts of the Battle of Chickamauga have mentioned that Union troops did not cross the Brotherton Road where, in fact, Colonel Bartleson was probably captured as several companies of the 100th Illinois crossed it the morning of the battle to reconnoiter was as a massing of troops and artillery...running into General Hood's division before it attacked.<br /><br />Too bad for the Union that word of the massing of troops did not reach headquarters before the 100th and Woods' division were ordered to move and created the "gap" in the line Hood went through, by happenstance.<br /><br />At least that's my understanding of what happened.Boots Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257586206080822634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-42277372338157030372012-11-12T02:23:15.764-07:002012-11-12T02:23:15.764-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.scott davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185110800919351863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635716295852047938.post-35318057649607442052012-10-25T11:58:37.876-07:002012-10-25T11:58:37.876-07:00Great story on the Camp Bragg Memorial! I have vi...Great story on the Camp Bragg Memorial! I have visited many times because my great-great grandfather served with the regiment. The memorial is on the northeast corner of where the camp was located. I'd like to hear more from Dave Powell and where he learned about Hobart (see previous posting). Thanks! Ted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com