Emergency Troops in the Union Army
During the Gettysburg Campaign, Pennsylvania and New York activated state militia to defend the region against the incursion of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was not the only time
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A Boy Company Goes to War: William Henry Harrison Ewing and His Hampden-Sydney College Classmates
By Dave Batalo and Hunter Lesser Basking in the glow of victory after the Battle of Rich Mountain, Maj. Gen. George McClellan eyed hundreds of forlorn Confederate prisoners. One group
Union Soldiers from Wisconsin, Connecticut and Elsewhere
The pressing need for volunteers to fill the depleted ranks of the Union army had not waned by the summer of 1864. In Milwaukee, recruiters organized Wisconsin’s 43rd infantry regiment