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The 48th/150th: Bloodletting at 2nd Bull Run: The Casualties
As we commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, it is important to remember those who there gave their lives. For the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, this would be their first major...
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Confrontation at Gettysburg. . .Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You
Well. . . Where to start? It has most certainly been a long, long time (several months) since I last updated the blog. Quite simply, life has been incredibly busy. Between work and teaching, traveling...
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PROFILES: Lt. William Hume, Company B
1st Lt. William H. Hume, Co. BWilliam H. Hume was only twenty years old when, in September 1861, he enlisted into Company B, of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. Company B was recruited largely from...
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The 48th/150th: Arriving at Fredericksburg/"Supporting Durell's Battery. . . "
Next Thursday, December 13, 2012, will mark the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Because of this, my next several posts will document the role played by the 48th Pennsylvania in this...
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The Sad Case of Private Charles Lindenmuth, Co. I, 48th Pennsylvania
Yesterday, I posted an article on the actions of the 48th Pennsylvania during the days preceding the Battle of Fredericksburg and in it, I stated that I would be devoting my next several posts to all...
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The 48th/150th: "The Eleventh of December. . .was an eventful day."
Captain Oliver Bosbyshell describes the regiment's activities, 150 years ago this very day, December 11, 1862: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Bombardment of Fredericksburg, 12/11/1862...
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The 48th/150th: Fredericksburg. . .Reports & Soldier Accounts
Sergeant Joseph Gould, Co. F: "On the 11th of December a heavy artillery duel took place, and the troops on our side of the [Rappahannock] river were moving towards the bank ready to cross. Our...
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The 48th/150th: Fredericksburg Casualties
48th Pennsylvania Casualties at FredericksburgKilledPrivate James Williams, Co. ACorporal Reuben Robinson, Co. BPrivate Michael Divine, Co. BPrivate John Williams, Co. BPrivate William Hill, Co....
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The 48th/150th: "It was not long before the work of carnage began:" Captain...
Captain Oliver C. Bosbyshell (seated), with Lts. Pollock and H.C. Jackson, Co. GSaturday, December 13, was an exceedingly pleasant day, so far as the weather was concerned—warm and balmy—but...
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The 48th/150th: "The only thing we want to see is the war over:" Lt. Curtis...
One of the best accounts of the 48th's actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg was penned by Lt. Curtis C. Pollock, of Company G, on December 18, 1862. Pollock was only 18 when he enlisted as a...
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Reading List. . .2013!
Time to clear up some shelf space. . .2013 promises to be a year of good Civil War reading. Here are just a few titles--scheduled for publication in 2013--I am most looking forward to. I am not saying...
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The 48th/150th: Colonel Sigfried's New Year's Letter: 1/1/1863
1862 saw the 48th Pennsylvania encamped along the sandy shores of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, where the regiment "saw the elephant"--or at least "heard the elephant"--during Burnside's expedition;...
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The 48th/150th: Burying the Dead of Fredericksburg/"You Yankees Don't Know...
Lt. Henry Clay Jackson, Co. GThe 48th Pennsylvania lost seven men killed, forty-three wounded, and one missing on December 13, 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the regiment's last battle of 1862....
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The 48th/150th: Settling Down Into Winter Camp/Swords and Flags
150 years ago--in January 1863--after the thrashing at Fredericksburg, the 48th Pennsylvania settled down into winter camps. "More substantial log huts were built with ample chimneys," remembered...
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The 48th/150th: Preparing to Head West With Burnside. . .
Maj.Gen. Ambrose BurnsideFollowing the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and the infamous "Mud March" in late January 1863, Major General Ambrose Burnside was relieved of his command of the Army of...
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Profiles: Lt. Henry E. Stichter, Company E
Early War Image of Henry E. Stichter, as a CorporalI had the good fortune several years back to come into possession of this great tintype photograph of Henry E. Stichter, Company D, 48th Pennsylvania...
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The 48th/150th: Heading West!
After a six weeks' stay at Newport News, Virginia, the soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of March 25, 1863, received orders "to pack up and leave at once." Although they did not yet...
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The 48th/150th: "Quite A Jolly Time:" Lt. Pollock Describes The Journey West...
150 years ago, the 48th Pennsylvania were settling in at Lexington, Kentucky, where, for the next five months they were stationed as provost guards. Thus, while missing out in the major campaigns and...
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The 48th/150th: Stealing Liquor and Other "Mischievious Mischief" ??
150 years ago, the officers of the 48th Pennsylvania and 6th New Hampshire--another of the regiments in General James Nagle's 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps--were trying to get to the bottom...
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The 48th/150th: Bidding Farewell to General James Nagle
150 years ago, from his headquarters near Lancaster, Kentucky, forty-one-year-old James Nagle, after wrestling with the thought for some time, reluctantly tendered his resignation from the army and was...
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