by Robert Plumb | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joseph Hooker, born November 13, 1814 in Hadley, Massachusetts, was from a family with long time Yankee roots and whose grandfather fought as a captain in the American Revolution. Young Joseph was accepted into the class of 1837 at West Point where he was an...
by Robert Plumb | Sep 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
After the death of George Washington in 1799 and his wife Martha in 1802, their home, Mount Vernon, was passed down through the family. By the late 1840’s the home was owned by John Augustine Washington and had fallen into great disrepair. One observer...
by Robert Plumb | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why did a bright, young man who was consistently at the top of his class at West Point and who was credited with rescuing the Union Army “from imminent peril” at Gettysburg in 1863, plummet to being called “a very loathsome, profane, ungentlemanly and disgusting...
by Robert Plumb | Jul 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Six-year-old Glenn Worthington and his family took refuge in the cellar of their home while the Battle of Monocacy raged on the fields surrounding them. The battle, fought near Frederick, Maryland, is credited with delaying Confederate troops – led by General...
by Robert Plumb | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are many recorded instances of civilian and soldier interactions during the American Civil War, but surely one of the most touching sessions was recorded by a Pennsylvania infantryman in March 1864 at Warrenton Junction, Virginia. Sergeant George P. McClelland...
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