Thru your research, you personalize history, presenting the information as if we were hearing a current summation of the days, tragic events. Well done!
Don't know how you do it, day after day, such wonderful content. Weekday morning highlight for a 50 year civil war researcher. Going to spend time trying to work out who "44th" was. Something tells me, from a point in the account, he was a surgeon or assistant in one of the regiments (not necessarily the 44th). Thanks again.
A very interesting and poignant account of the death of a federal soldier at the Battle of Charleston, WV. The river "Kanawha", a major river in WV that originates at the junction of the Gauley and New Rivers at Gauley Bridge, WV flowing thence through Charleston to the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, is pronounced "Ca-naw-wha" with the accent on the middle syllable rather than "Can-a-wha" pronounced by Mr. Coddington with the accent on the first syllable.
I do wish that you were more inclined to tell the stories of those who were trying to defend their states and families from the unconstitutional invasion , destruction and the innumerable unspeakable atrocities committed by northerners against their neighbors and relatives who just desired to finally be left to their own devices after decades of inequitable treatment .
Outstanding. Love when u can put a name and face to a civil war story.
thank you Ron
Thru your research, you personalize history, presenting the information as if we were hearing a current summation of the days, tragic events. Well done!
By putting pen to paper, with no regard for favor of time, place or person....'44' has achieved and shared that tender intimacy of empathy.
Yes, a very vivid description. Extremely sad, but at the same time, an amazing and beautiful account. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Ron. Another poignant video with details from the past.
Bravo Mr. Coddington. Excellent reporting.
Don't know how you do it, day after day, such wonderful content. Weekday morning highlight for a 50 year civil war researcher. Going to spend time trying to work out who "44th" was. Something tells me, from a point in the account, he was a surgeon or assistant in one of the regiments (not necessarily the 44th). Thanks again.
Thanks! Please let me know if you do. I am very curious about his identity. He is a capable writer.
Ron, due to a resemblance to the man in the photograph, I would almost be inclined to believe that he is an ancestor of yours.
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Another great story run do you think that's the same 44th is was in The retreat you told us about?
From the 2 readings from this letter, I wonder if "44th" acted as a medic. Thank you for sharing.
A very interesting and poignant account of the death of a federal soldier at the Battle of Charleston, WV. The river "Kanawha", a major river in WV that originates at the junction of the Gauley and New Rivers at Gauley Bridge, WV flowing thence through Charleston to the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, is pronounced "Ca-naw-wha" with the accent on the middle syllable rather than "Can-a-wha" pronounced by Mr. Coddington with the accent on the first syllable.
Thank you for the correct way to pronounce it.
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I do wish that you were more inclined to tell the stories of those who were trying to defend their states and families from the unconstitutional invasion , destruction and the innumerable unspeakable atrocities committed by northerners against their neighbors and relatives who just desired to finally be left to their own devices after decades of inequitable treatment .