The Death of Ashby (Mostly From the Bucktails’ Perspective)
After recovering from his Dranesville wound, Col. Thomas L. Kane returned to the Bucktails in their winter quarters (1862) where he began working on...
When Legend Becomes Fact
In the John Wayne classic movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter makes the comment "When the legend becomes fact, print the...
Meanwhile… The 54th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers
While their "cousins" in the 190th and 191st Regiments were involved in more noted events in the concluding chapter of the Petersburg siege, the...
Rumors: Mustering Out of the Pennsylvania Reserves
The date for muster out was finally settled for the Reserves. However, as the muster out date approached, rumors of their lack of reenlistment...
Problems Leading to Muster Out Formation: The 54th, 190th, 191st Pennsylvania Veteran...
The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry Corps, composed of 13 infantry regiments, formed in June 1861 for a three-year enlistment by Gov. Andrew Curtin. With...
When They Finally Went Home
June 28. 1865 - "Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, By virtue of Special Orders, No. 339, current series, from the adjutant general's office, this...
Another Bucktail Regiment
Research of these two units has uncovered another piece of interesting information; the 190th Regiment was known unofficially as the Bucktails. I knew about...
So Why Does A Man Reenlist?
Gen. William T. Sherman is given credit for saying it first, but it has been often repeated, "War is hell!" The past three years...
