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Category: Civil War Personalities
Audio Book Format – “Rough Enough”
I just opened up a site with Amazon’s audio book system, ACX which will mean that my 4.5 Star, Civil War book, Rough Enough, will soon be available in an audio system so that those of you who want to listen to it while… Continue Reading “Audio Book Format – “Rough Enough””
Richard Clow’s Interest in the 56th Mass.? – The Crater – July 1864
Thinking back to some of the reasons why Richard Clow may have enlisted in the 56th Mass. Infantry in 1865, one of the items he notes in his February letter to his sister is that the 56th was “cut up badly” and needed replacements.… Continue Reading “Richard Clow’s Interest in the 56th Mass.? – The Crater – July 1864”
Reader Questions for “Rough Enough” Set#11, Chapt 8: What Modern Spectacles compare to the Civil War Grand Review?
As I look at pictures of the Grand Review in Washington DC following the end of the Civil War, I try to imagine what it must have been like to be either in the crowds watching on that day or on the stands, in… Continue Reading “Reader Questions for “Rough Enough” Set#11, Chapt 8: What Modern Spectacles compare to the Civil War Grand Review?”
Photos of John Sherwin Clow, wife and son: Older Brother to Richard Clow
Right hand photo is John Sherwin Clow, 1836 – 1909 and left hand photo is his wife, Celinda Warren Burnap Clow holding their son, Fredrick Redman Clow. This is the son who was born in 1863 just before John enlisted in the Union… Continue Reading “Photos of John Sherwin Clow, wife and son: Older Brother to Richard Clow”
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