Blue vs Grey: Christian and Peter Meid at the Battle of Chickamauga
Until recently, two men with the same name were derailing my research. The name Peter Meid (Mead) was a problem. I was unable to discern which immigration record went with […]
Category Archives: Civil War
Uncle Ralph Thompson Martling Loses An Arm at Gettysburg
150 years ago starting today, three days of battle would turn the tide of war against the Confederacy. Two months earlier, General Lee’s Confederates had routed Union troops at Chancellorsville. […]
152 Years Ago Today: Harper’s Weekly Chronicles the 13th N.Y.S.M.’s March to War
The date was April 23, 1861. Fort Sumter had fallen to the South nine days earlier. Americans from Maine to California were enlisting to fight for the preservation of the […]
