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Category Archives: U.S. Civil War

Daniel Miles, victim of Gettysburg

Daniel Miles died of wounds received repulsing Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg.

Posted bygsb03632April 3, 2021Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: 69th Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, Danville PA, Gettysburg, IOOF Cemetery, Pickett's Charge2 Comments on Daniel Miles, victim of 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.

Posted bygsb03632January 18, 2021January 18, 2021Posted incemeteries, U.S. Civil War, UnionLeave a comment on G. A. R. Place

The Jago monument

The monument of George Jago compels interest for its use of a popular song and its odd iconography.

Posted bygsb03632January 9, 2021January 9, 2021Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, poetry, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: Flourtown PA, The Tired Soldier, Union Cemetery1 Comment on The Jago monument

Howard Street, Ocracoke

Come stroll down charming Howard Street in Ocracoke, N.C.

Posted bygsb03632December 3, 2020Posted incemeteries, Confederate, photographyTags: live oak, OBX, Ocracoke, Outer BanksLeave a comment on Howard Street, Ocracoke

Almost made it!

A Union soldier dead in the final push to take Petersburg and end the war: seven days before Lee surrendered.

Posted bygsb03632August 15, 2020Posted incemeteries, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: Civil War, kepi, Petersburg VA, uniformLeave a comment on Almost made it!

G.A.R. Building, Scranton

An exceptional building on the National Register in Scranton with extraordinary terra cotta.

Posted bygsb03632July 20, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inarchitecture, photography, public art, Scranton, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic, John Duckworth, terra cottaLeave a comment on G.A.R. Building, Scranton

Still on guard

Outstanding and informative private monuments erected for two Union Civil War veterans.

Posted bygsb03632July 17, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, public art, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: Civil War, common soldier monument, G.A.R., Gettysburg, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA, Wilkes Barre City Cemetery, Wilkes-BarreLeave a comment on Still on guard

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Charles Harris McPhail’s mourners drew on their classical education to commemorate him.

Posted bygsb03632May 26, 2020March 26, 2021Posted incemeteries, Confederate, Latin, U.S. Civil WarTags: Confederate, Dulce et decorum est, Hollywood Cemetery, Horace, LatinLeave a comment on Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Memorial Day 2020

Given my propensity for finding a sermon under every stone, you’ll not be surprised to find a Confederate tomb in Richmond exemplifying Memorial Day 2020.

Posted bygsb03632May 26, 2020August 17, 2020Posted incemeteries, Confederate, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: Confederate, funerary iconography, Memorial Day1 Comment on Memorial Day 2020

What Robert E. Lee Can Learn from Mussolini

A meditation on how to deal with old monuments out of step with the times.

Posted bygsb03632May 17, 2020August 17, 2020Posted inConfederate, public art, U.S. Civil WarTags: Bolzano, Confederacy, Destructive Creation, Dread Scott, Emmett Till, Entartete Kunst, Hannah Arendt, Kenya (Robinson), LACMA, Mussolini, Regisole, Robert E. Lee, Ta-Nehisi CoatesLeave a comment on What Robert E. Lee Can Learn from Mussolini

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