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Incident from Vicksburg
Chaplain Howard of the 42d Illinois approached a knot of Confederate prisoners and accosted a long, lean, lank specimen, inquiring, “My friend, have you the Gospel among you?” “Waal,… more →
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Incident from Vicksburg
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Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: Chaplain Howard of the 42d Illinois approached a knot of Confederate prisoners and accosted a long, … more →
Speaking engagement at the Chambersburg Civil War Seminar in July
Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: I will be speaking at the annual Chambersburg Civil War Seminar on Friday, July 25, prior to heading … more →
The Gilder Lehrman Collection of Civil War documents and letters
Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: For you wargamers that may not be aware, there are some excellent on-line resources available from T … more →
New book on short stories from the Lincoln Assassination
Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Michael Kanazawich has produced a neat little book with short … more →
The Rebels' Poor Batting Average?
Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: On a foggy and damp morning in late June 1863, A.P. Hill’s Third Corps was marching through the Fron … more →
Information wanted!
Scott Mingus wrote 1 year ago: I am looking for anecdotes, incidents, amusing unusual tales, and human interest stories related to … more →
Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: With the recent publicity about the possibility that President Abraham Lincoln appears in an old pho … more →
Life as a new soldier - June 1863
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Francis B. Wallace was a newspaperman from rural Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a mountainous coal … more →
Antietam 145th Anniversary
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: My son Tom and I drove down to Antietam today to partake in some of the commemoration events for the … more →
Brandy Station story
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Fighting raged on June 9 near Brandy Station, a lonely railroad stop near Culpeper, Virginia. The 1s … more →
Ragged Rebs in Maryland
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Confederate Major General A.P. Hill’s infantry division was busy tearing up the Baltimore … more →
A Sign from the Heavens?
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Most of you regular readers know I am a native of southeastern Ohio (Zanesville to be specific, abou … more →
Rebels read the Bible!?!
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: During the Gettysburg Campaign, many Pennsylvanians were concerned about the invading Confederates. … more →
A Civil War murder
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Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Various elements of Albert Jenkins’ mounted infantry brigade passed through or stayed in York … more →
July 3 Gettysburg bombardment heard nearly 100 miles away
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Nearly ninety miles south of Gettysburg in Virginia’s verdant Loudoun Valley, Captain Charles O’Ferr … more →
Rebel smugglers - the deception
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: During the early days of the rebellion, the border state of Maryland was divided in loyalty, with al … more →
A little humor for a sunny Thursday
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: A colonel in the Texas Brigade was bragging to the locals along the line of march about his men’s vi … more →
Buried treasure of the Gettysburg Campaign?
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: On June 27, Rebel raiders under Lt. Col. Elijah White visited Hanover, a bustling railroad … more →
The Ruse
Scott Mingus wrote 2 years ago: Here is an advance abstract from my new manuscript I am currently working on (Volume 2 of Human Inte … more →
