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“Played Out” – Corporal Henry Keiser and Disease in the Seven Days’ Battles

Posted on July 27, 2017January 8, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Keiser was fighting a potentially deadly illness and evading capture by advancing Confederate soldiers.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 96th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Disease, Featured, Henry Keiser, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days1 Comment

“Very disagreeable on board” – An unpleasant voyage down the Chesapeake Bay during the Civil War

Posted on April 17, 2017April 2, 2018 by Jake Wynn

In April 1862, the 96th Pennsylvania embarked aboard steamers and sailed to the front near Yorktown, Virginia. The voyage took two weeks.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 1862, 96th Pennsylvania, Alexandria, Chesapeake Bay, Civil War, Featured, Fort Monroe, Peninsula Campaign, VirginiaLeave a comment

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