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Fire as Cold Comfort

January 1862 was very cold. The 19th NY Volunteer Infantry suffered on its march from Frederick to Hancock, Md. Here a Seneca County newspaper paraphrases a letter from James Ashcroft, the captain of the 19th’s Company C. Ashcroft or the … Continue reading

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Snow March: “indifferently supplied with shoes”

In yesterday’s post a Richmond Dispatch correspondent made the case for the CSA’s officer class to be concerned about the condition of the common soldier during the winter months. As Civil War Daily Gazette is reporting Stonewall Jackson’s troops suffered … Continue reading

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