Tag Archives: New Market

Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Woodson’s Missourians At New Market

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The marker sits near the orchard, within sight of the Bushong House on Virginia’s New Market Battlefield. It’s normally a peaceful, quiet scene on a typical twenty-first century day. We look closer to read the fading inscription in the limestone: … Continue reading →

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“Finding” Sandie Pendleton

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Sarah Kay Bierle

He wasn’t really lost. But I love a good challenge…and good surprises. Did you see the blog post last month about my difficult lesson? I had tunnel vision eight years ago and missed the opportunity to see (and photograph) a … Continue reading →

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New Market in Mississippi

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stephendavis

I just returned from a weekend trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia. It’s a marvelous little beach town, with an attendant gentility. I saw this sign in a yard near the Lighthouse: “Where tramps must not, surely ladies and gentlemen … Continue reading →

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What should we make of Franz Sigel?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Dave Powell

I usually think of Franz Sigel as one of those “punchline” commanders, figures of general (ahem) ridicule in the Civil War. Benjamin F. Butler? Who doesn’t think of “spoons” and chamber pots? Braxton Bragg? The officer who quarrelled with himself, … Continue reading →

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