http://www.blog4history.com/2007/04/mark-dunkelman-the-154-new-york-regiment/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.blog4history.com/2007/04/mark-dunkelman-the-154-new-york-regiment/comment-page-1/#comment-9095 Cynthia Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:30:46 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=136#comment-9095 From Civil War nurses I often read the closing of a letter as Yours in F., C., and L. Do you know what the letters stand for? From Civil War nurses I often read the closing of a letter as Yours in F., C., and L. Do you know what the letters stand for?

]]> http://www.blog4history.com/2007/04/mark-dunkelman-the-154-new-york-regiment/comment-page-1/#comment-3936 Carrie Adair Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:18:25 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=136#comment-3936 I work on my family genealogy when I can and I was recently given a copy of a letter that was written about my ancestor's life after he died. The letter describes Charles H. Foster fighting on both sides. He fought for the Confederate in Virginia when he was in Kanawha County in Virgina with his wife's family. They took care of General Henry Wise and some of his men in 1861. He and his wife left after Christmas 1861 and returned to Pittston, Pa. Then later in the letter he is described as responding to emergency calls for men to defend the Union. One was with the Antietam Campaign and the other is the Gettysburg Campaign. He was enrolled in 1863 as a sergeant. My questions are: Did he really fight on both sides? Did others do that too? Did the Confederate and Union armies have a way to tell if someone had already fought on either side? I work on my family genealogy when I can and I was recently given a copy of a letter that was written about my ancestor’s life after he died. The letter describes Charles H. Foster fighting on both sides. He fought for the Confederate in Virginia when he was in Kanawha County in Virgina with his wife’s family. They took care of General Henry Wise and some of his men in 1861. He and his wife left after Christmas 1861 and returned to Pittston, Pa. Then later in the letter he is described as responding to emergency calls for men to defend the Union. One was with the Antietam Campaign and the other is the Gettysburg Campaign. He was enrolled in 1863 as a sergeant.
My questions are:
Did he really fight on both sides?
Did others do that too?
Did the Confederate and Union armies have a way to tell if someone had already fought on either side?

]]> http://www.blog4history.com/2007/04/mark-dunkelman-the-154-new-york-regiment/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 Investigations of a Dog » Military History Carnival #1 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:07:50 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=136#comment-3092 [...] Brooks Simpson at Civil Warriors tackles a big question by asking whether readers of military history books really care about originality. Chris Wehner at Blog 4 History interviews American Civil War historian Mark H. Dunkelman, who has unearthed a wealth of new sources by tracking down descendants of the soldiers he’s researching. At Behind Antietam on the Web Brian Downey traces the career of military engineer George Washington Cullum, a task made easier by Cullum’s meticulous work in compiling biographies of West Point graduates. Back in the early middle ages, Carla Nayland tries to work out the date of the Battle of Chester and finds that sticking to the facts is hard when nobody knows what the facts are! [...] [...] Brooks Simpson at Civil Warriors tackles a big question by asking whether readers of military history books really care about originality. Chris Wehner at Blog 4 History interviews American Civil War historian Mark H. Dunkelman, who has unearthed a wealth of new sources by tracking down descendants of the soldiers he’s researching. At Behind Antietam on the Web Brian Downey traces the career of military engineer George Washington Cullum, a task made easier by Cullum’s meticulous work in compiling biographies of West Point graduates. Back in the early middle ages, Carla Nayland tries to work out the date of the Battle of Chester and finds that sticking to the facts is hard when nobody knows what the facts are! [...]

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