A ball to the shoulder was the beginning of the end for 1st Lieut. Lyman Nicholson at Gettysburg.
Category Archives: U.S. Civil War
Hawkins’ Zouaves
Julius Langbein’s mausoleum makes aggressive claims on his behalf. See a new appendix with additional evidence for social competition among veterans!
Sherwood monument
Grim nineteenth-century demographics mourned with grim saccharine verses.
Also Freadrieg
A fireworks show does not clamor for our attention as much as this stone does!
The many flags of Scranton
Of the places I’ve been, none has Scranton’s variety of flags flying on private houses.
One of Lincoln’s Men
An interesting Civil War monument seen today in Damascus, PA.
Daniel Miles, victim of Gettysburg
Daniel Miles died of wounds received repulsing Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.
G. A. R. Place
Unusual stylized stone mortars decorate the monumental staircase of a GAR-reserved burial area in Flower Hill Cemetery in Binghamton, New York.
The Jago monument
The monument of George Jago compels interest for its use of a popular song and its odd iconography.
Howard Street, Ocracoke
Come stroll down charming Howard Street in Ocracoke, N.C.
