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A Letter Home
In this excerpt from Winslow, Private Joshua Winslow, nineteen years old and fighting with the New York 34th Voluntary Infantry writes home on September 11, 1862, six days before the Battle of Antietam. My Dearest Sarah, After a hard march … Continue reading
Scenes From a Battle
In my research for an historical novel that I am writing, I came across a book that was published in 1903 by Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin of the New York 34th Regiment. The 34th fought in the Battle of Antietam … Continue reading
Prelude To The Battle of Antietam
In 1903, Louis N. Chapin, former lieutenant in the New York 34th Regiment (“The Herkimer Regiment”) published A Brief History of the Thirty-Forth Regiment, a narrative that documented all the men of that volunteer regiment and their military service, from … Continue reading
