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Author Archives: D. Scott Hartwig

Meade and Sickles at Gettysburg
Posted inStories

Dan Sickles Insisted that His Gettysburg Antics Saved the Union. Was He Right?

by D. Scott Hartwig2/26/20241/17/2024

Sickles nearly cost the Union Army at Gettysburg by breaking George Meade’s orders.

Middle Bridge over Antietam Creek
Posted inStories

Captain Hiram Dryer’s Resolve at Antietam Could Have Sparked an Early Union Victory

by D. Scott Hartwig10/23/202310/25/2023
Burial detail after Battle of Antietam
Posted inStories

Can a Photograph Tell the Full Story of War’s Horror? This Antietam Ambrotype Just Might

by D. Scott Hartwig9/11/20237/28/2023
George Custer and Alfred Pleasonton on horseback
Posted inStories

Joe Hooker Was an Ineffectual General, But Does He Deserve Credit for Transforming the Union Cavalry?

by D. Scott Hartwig5/8/20232/7/2024
20th Massachusetts’ “Puddingstone” boulder memorial
Posted inStories

Why Are Gettysburg Monuments Placed Where They Are?

by D. Scott Hartwig2/13/20231/20/2023
Rufus Ingalls, U.S. Army quartermaster
Posted inStories

Was This Logistics Genius the Union’s Secret Weapon in the Civil War?

by D. Scott Hartwig11/10/202211/10/2022
Monument to Colonel George Willard at Gettysburg
Posted inStories

Hidden Monument Honors Redeemed Gettysburg Colonel

by D. Scott Hartwig8/18/20227/19/2022
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Green Regiment Takes Unjust Blame for Union Loss of Harpers Ferry

by D. Scott Hartwig2/18/20204/21/2020
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A Closer Look at First Assault at Antietam’s ‘Creek of Death’

by D. Scott Hartwig1/14/20201/9/2020
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Dorsey Pender’s July 1 Attack on Seminary Ridge Helped Inspire Pickett’s Charge

by D. Scott Hartwig11/26/20196/27/2023

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