Illinois Soldiers Fight in the Battle of Raymond and Champion Hill Asa Wilson and Oliver Harrold, Co. E, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Information courtesy of Gary Wilson, great-great grandson “It is my understanding that both Asa Wilson and Oliver Harrold, my great-great grandfathers, participated in all the battles that the 20th Illinois was involved in […]
Gregg’s March from Port Hudson to Raymond “Send General Gregg’s brigade at once to Jackson. On reaching Osyka, if transportation is not furnished, he must go up the road until he meets it. Direct him to move rapidly.” Lt. General J. C. Pemberton May 1, 1863 (Excepts from In Their Own Words: Soldiers […]
Re-enactments Re-enactments Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001 Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001 Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001 […]
Fannie Sims Granbury: Shrouded By Mystery By Rebecca Blackwell Drake The old saying, Gone But Not Forgotten, was by no means the case with Fannie Sims Granbury, the 25-year-old wife of Major Hiram B. Granbury. On a cold winter day in March of 1863, Fannie was buried in Mobile; her husband too poor to afford […]
~Portraits~ Generals and Commanders by James L. Drake Colonel Manning F. Force 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Manning Ferguson Force was born in Washington, D.C. in 1824, the son of Peter Force, the city’s mayor. He attended Harvard, graduating from the school of law in 1849. The following year, Force moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and began […]