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Friday, June 21, 2019
Civil War People Buried at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery-- Part 1
From Find A Grave for Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum. All are Union unless otherwise noted.
George Buchanan Armstrong-- Proposed sending mail over the railways for faster service. In 1864 Postmaster General Montgomery Blair implemented this.
George S. Bangs-- Postal service, worked with George Buchanan Armstrong. Helped raise 36th Illinois Infantry and served as colonel on staff of Governor Richard Yates.
John Lourie Beveridge-- brevet brig. gen.
George Royal Davis-- officer and later U.S. Congressman
Arthur Charles Ducat-- brevet brig. gen.
Charles Truman Hotchkiss-- brevet brig. gen.
Charles Henry Howard-- brevet brig. gen.
And, a Lot More Coming. --Old Secesh
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Getting Ready to Go To the Lincoln Funeral Car in Antioch
I have to thank my buddy Glenn who last night at the American Legion mentioned that he and Barb had gone to the Lincoln Funeral Car in Antioch, Illinois, on Thursday. I had forgotten entirely about it being there.
It has been there for two weeks. On August 25, out McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group had visited it. Of course, I would have been with them, but that happened to be Liz and my 45th wedding anniversary and we were in Galena, another place with a fair bit of Civil War history.
There were also other Civil-related things going on in Antioch while it was here, but again, I forgot about it all together.
Well, Thanks Glenn. --Old Secesh
Friday, September 1, 2017
Mort Kunstler's 2017 Civil War Calendar, September: "Iron Horses, Men of Steel"
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, JUNE 1861.
"In June 1861, Cplonel Thomas J. Jackson supervised the greatest overland movement of locomotives and railroad equipment done in the Civil War.
"Winchester citizens stared in wonder as 40-horse teams pulled their heavy loads through the streets."
In the painting, the horses are hitched four-across and pulling what looks like some sort of railroad car, team teams back. There is also a pair of oxen pulling what looks like a cowcatcher from a locomotive and a small engine. Mounted troops/cavalry ride alongside the teams. Young boys are running in the street and the sidewalks are packed with onlookers. Confederate First national and Virginia flags fly from the buildings.
I had never heard of this accomplishment of Stonewall Jackson.
Quite An Accomplishment. --Old Secesh
"In June 1861, Cplonel Thomas J. Jackson supervised the greatest overland movement of locomotives and railroad equipment done in the Civil War.
"Winchester citizens stared in wonder as 40-horse teams pulled their heavy loads through the streets."
In the painting, the horses are hitched four-across and pulling what looks like some sort of railroad car, team teams back. There is also a pair of oxen pulling what looks like a cowcatcher from a locomotive and a small engine. Mounted troops/cavalry ride alongside the teams. Young boys are running in the street and the sidewalks are packed with onlookers. Confederate First national and Virginia flags fly from the buildings.
I had never heard of this accomplishment of Stonewall Jackson.
Quite An Accomplishment. --Old Secesh
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
The General Comes Home 45 Years Ago: Famous Andrews' Raiders Locomotive
From a reprint in the August 19, 2017, Panama City (Fla.) News-Herald.
They had a reproduction of their front page from Sunday, February 20, 1972.
There was a picture and a short article under it.
ON GUARD.
Civil War buff Denton Myers of Kennesaw. Georgia, stands guard over famed Civil War locomotive "General" after it reached its final resting place Friday. The locomotive had been the focus of a five-year battle for possession between Georgia and Tennessee until the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Georgia.
The engine will be a special attraction in a museum in Kennesaw.
--Old Semotive
They had a reproduction of their front page from Sunday, February 20, 1972.
There was a picture and a short article under it.
ON GUARD.
Civil War buff Denton Myers of Kennesaw. Georgia, stands guard over famed Civil War locomotive "General" after it reached its final resting place Friday. The locomotive had been the focus of a five-year battle for possession between Georgia and Tennessee until the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Georgia.
The engine will be a special attraction in a museum in Kennesaw.
--Old Semotive
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Historic Burgaw Depot, N.C.
From the December 2016, Our State magazine (N.C.) "Historic Burgaw Depot" by Katie King.
Historic Burgaw Depot, Pender County.
The last train left the station in 1986, but this former Confederate headquarters was the first stop in Burgaw's revitalization.
Long before there was a town of Burgaw, there was a Burgaw depot. Built in 1850 as a wood and water stop on the Wilmington and Weldon rail line, the depot predates the town by 29 years, making it the oldest standing train depot in North Carolina -- and one of only two remaining antebellum depots (the other is in Selma).
Renovated in 2009, parts of the original structure can still be seen, including wooden doors and ceiling beams charred by an 1863 fire set by Union troops. Now the depot is used for weddings, administrative offices, and a year-round transportation museum -- a small piece of history making its way into our modern-day lives.
--Old Secesh
Historic Burgaw Depot, Pender County.
The last train left the station in 1986, but this former Confederate headquarters was the first stop in Burgaw's revitalization.
Long before there was a town of Burgaw, there was a Burgaw depot. Built in 1850 as a wood and water stop on the Wilmington and Weldon rail line, the depot predates the town by 29 years, making it the oldest standing train depot in North Carolina -- and one of only two remaining antebellum depots (the other is in Selma).
Renovated in 2009, parts of the original structure can still be seen, including wooden doors and ceiling beams charred by an 1863 fire set by Union troops. Now the depot is used for weddings, administrative offices, and a year-round transportation museum -- a small piece of history making its way into our modern-day lives.
--Old Secesh
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
McHenry County Civil War Round Table Tonight
The meeting and presentation of this organization will take place tonight, Nov. 10, 2015, at Woodstock Public Library in Woodstock, Illinois, at 7 p.m.. I plan to be there since the Cubs aren't playing anymore (the reason I missed the last meeting).
Tonight's topic is "Building the Lincoln Funeral Train" and will be given by Bill Werst.
The McHenry County Civil War Round Table has now been active for 17 years.
--Old Secesh
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Pennsylvania Tragic Prisoner Train Wreck-- Part 1
From the July 15, 2011, Pocono (Pa) Record "Prisoner train wreck during the Civil War near Shohola recalled as tragedy for both sides" by John Punola.
The Elmira, NY induction center had been converted into a prison for Confederates.
Confederate prisoners captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, mostly recruits, were sent by train to Jersey City, NJ and transferred to the Erie RR destined for Port Jervis, NY, and a final destination of Elmira.
They arrived at Port Jervis July 15, 1864 on locomotive No. 171, following the West 23 Train as an extra. The train consisted of a mixture of passenger and freight cars, a locomotive, caboose, a Union guard detail and the prisoners.
They were running along a single track at 20 mph and had warning flags for other trains to give the right of way. There were sharp curves along the Delaware River. At Lackawaxen, a station where a branch railroad connected, the telegraph operator, Douglas Kent, noted that West 23 had flags showing that there was a train behind it.
At 2:30 PM, coal train Erie 237 arrived at the junction pulling 50 cars of coal. Kent mistakenly gave the all clear sign, turned the switch and the coal train headed east. The prisoner train and 237 collided at King & Fuller's Cut, a blind curve.
A Calamity. --Old Secesh
The Elmira, NY induction center had been converted into a prison for Confederates.
Confederate prisoners captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, mostly recruits, were sent by train to Jersey City, NJ and transferred to the Erie RR destined for Port Jervis, NY, and a final destination of Elmira.
They arrived at Port Jervis July 15, 1864 on locomotive No. 171, following the West 23 Train as an extra. The train consisted of a mixture of passenger and freight cars, a locomotive, caboose, a Union guard detail and the prisoners.
They were running along a single track at 20 mph and had warning flags for other trains to give the right of way. There were sharp curves along the Delaware River. At Lackawaxen, a station where a branch railroad connected, the telegraph operator, Douglas Kent, noted that West 23 had flags showing that there was a train behind it.
At 2:30 PM, coal train Erie 237 arrived at the junction pulling 50 cars of coal. Kent mistakenly gave the all clear sign, turned the switch and the coal train headed east. The prisoner train and 237 collided at King & Fuller's Cut, a blind curve.
A Calamity. --Old Secesh
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