Confederate reinforcements are pouring into Fredericksburg, Virginia, positioning themselves across the Rappahannock River from Union forces in Falmouth. The city has largely been deserted by civilians. Anticipation hangs thick in the air, as a clash between the two forces is only a matter of time. Today, according to one eyewitness account (although disputed by some…
Rev. David G. Young, born in New York in 1829 and orphaned as a young boy, today enlists in Company D, Eighty-first Regiment Illinois Infantry. During his service he spends time in Confederate prisons and falls victim to yellow fever. Yet he survives the war, in the post-war era serving for a number of years…
From a Baptist family, George H. Marston of Appleton, Wisconsin is serving in Company E. 6th Wisconsin Infantry, a part of the Iron Brigade. His military service, not unlike many soldiers, includes brushes with death: he being commissioned second Lieutenant, being later made first lieutenant, with which rank he was mustered out of service, March…