by beeghleytech | Sep 18, 2023 | Famous Civil War Locations
Google Map of Gettysburg Photographs I frequently share images from the Library of Congress as part of blog posts, presentations or via social media. One of the other things that my family and I like to do is to take original photographs of the Battle of...
by beeghleytech | Jul 17, 2023 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics, Teaching the Civil War
160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Recap Over the last weekend in June and the first weekend in July, I participated in and attended numerous events related to the 160th anniversary. First, I attended and presented at the Patriots of the Civil War...
by beeghleytech | Feb 6, 2023 | Miscellaneous Civil War topics
156 YEARS AGO – On February 6, 1865, during the Union advance at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, the canine mascot “Sallie” of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry was struck by a bullet and killed. Despite being under heavy fire, several soldiers put aside their arms...
by beeghleytech | Nov 18, 2022 | Teaching the Civil War
Several years ago I created this video that describes the events of November 18th and 19th, 1863. It begins with Abraham Lincoln in Washington, DC and follows his travels to Gettysburg and his famous Gettysburg...
by TeachCivilWar | Jan 5, 2018 | Famous Civil War People, Teaching the Civil War
A Secret Civil War Engagement At the time that he was killed during the first day of the battle, John Reynolds was secretly engaged to a woman by the name of Kate Hewett. His family did not even know about Kate. But when Reynolds’ body was returned home to...