War Stories

I participate in the Honor Roll Project, conceived and maintained by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy. My contributions to the project.

Indian Wars

1. John Bryan (c1710-1799): French-Indian War Veteran
2. Kidnapped by Indians
3. The Attack on Harbert's Block House
4. Captured by Indians

Revolutionary War

1. Samuel Beard (1750-1814): Revolutionary War Veteran
2. Gen. Horatio Gates' Letter to the Continental Congress Announcing Victory at Saratoga
3. Van Schaick Mansion: Planning the Defense of Albany
4. Morgan's Rifle Corps Travel North to Saratoga
5. Benjamin Jennings (c1740-1815): Morgan's Riflemen Established and the Fog of War
6. Benjamin Jennings (c1740-1815): A Morgan's Riflemen
7. Francis Meadows, Jr.: Revolutionary Soldier and British Prisoner
8. Revisiting Daniel Mitchell, Patriot
9. Revolutionary War Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr.
10. New Revolutionary War Memorial
11. British Surrender at Saratoga
12. Daniel Mitchell, Patriot
13. Loyalists in My Tree?
14. Bermuda Gunpowder Plot
15. Revolutionary War Soldier
16. George Washington Spoke to Him

War of 1812

1. Fort Norfolk
2. John W. Jennings, Sr. (1776-1858): War of 1812 Veteran

Civil War

1. Nine Sons Wore the Suit of Gray
2. Veteran of the 19th Virginia Regiment
3. Civil War Guerrilla Partisans: Mosby's Rangers
4. Died of Sickness During the Civil War
5. Georgia Salt Manufacturing Company
6. 19th Virginia Infantry: After the War
7. Mapping the 19th Virginia Infantry: June 1863-April 1865
8. 19th Virginia Infantry: Defending Richmond
9. 19th Virginia Infantry: Gettysburg and Pickett's Charge
10. Mapping the 19th Virginia Infantry: September 1862-May 1863
11. 19th Virginia Infantry: Fredericksburg and North Carolina
12. 19th Virginia Infantry: Battles of South Mountain and Sharpsburg
13. Mapping the 19th Virginia Infantry: August-September 1862
14. 19th Virginia Infantry: Battle of Second Manassas
15. 19th Virginia Infantry: Seven Days Battles
16. 19th Virginia Infantry: Peninsula Campaign
17. Mapping the 19th Virginia Infantry: January-August 1862
18. 19th Virginia Infantry: First Winter Camp
19. Mapping the 18th Virginia Infantry: 1861
20. 19th Virginia Infantry: First Blood at Manassas
21. Freeborn v. The Protector, 1872: The Civil War Ends in Court
22. First KIA in the Civil War
23. Clashing with the Governor 1860s Style
24. 1st Lieutenant Israel S. Stonesifer
25. Died at Elmira POW Camp
26. A Soldier's Experiences in Southern Prisons, Part III
27. A Soldier's Experiences in Southern Prisons, Part II
28. A Soldier's Experiences in Southern Prisons, Part I
29. Killed Twice?
30. 26th North Carolina Regiment at New Bern
31. Confederate War Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
32. Second Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
33. Captured at Waynesboro
34. North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg
35. Henry Tucker and the Georgia Secession Convention
36. A Gift in my Inbox
37. Battle of Seven Pines
38. Battle of New Bern
39. A Lover, Not a Fighter
40. River of Death: Battle of Chickamauga
41. Battle of Chickamauga 150th Anniversary
42. Six Brothers Go off to War

Spanish-American War

1. Joseph Leonard (1876-1946): Cohoes, NY Resident and Medal of Honor Recipient
2. Thomas Albert Riggin: Spanish-American War Veteran
3. Remember the Maine
4. Corporal Joseph Bernard Stonesifer
5. Veteran of the Spanish-American War
6. Spanish-American War Memorial

World War I

1. A British Next of Kin Memorial Plaque Finds a Home
2. Video about the 314th Engineers during World War I
3. Henry Johnson, Known as "Black Death"
4. Joseph Leonard's World War I Service
5. USS California (ACR-6)
6. Aboard the USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
7. An American's Experience During World War I
8. Argonne Cross
9. Absent without Leave
10. He Died a Long Way from Home
11. Killed During the Spring Offensive
12. The Sinking of the HMS Otranto
13. A Soldier Boy's Creed (Updated)
14. Disabled in World War I
15. He Died on a Flanders Field
16. Not Likely to Make an Efficient Soldier
17. Celebrating a Centenarian: Henry Roy Tucker
18. Honoring Those Who Died in the Service of Their Country
19. Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery
20. A Soldier Boy's Creed
21. Odessa to Vancouver (the long way via Vladivostok)
22. Living in War-torn Europe

World War II

1. Halsey's Typhoon
2. Edward Henkel (1923-1944): Killed During Typhoon Cobra
3. 5th Infantry Division Combat Narrative
4. World War II Army Awards and Decorations
5. Manhattan Project Hanford Site
6. Women's Army Corps (WACs)
7. Killed in Okinawa
8. 7 Tips When Researching U.S. Army World War II Soldiers
9. Understanding the U.S. Army World War II Infantry Division
10. Army Campaign Streamers
11. Fortress Metz and 5th Infantry Division
12. (Guest Blog) Long, Bloody Battle for Metz
13. Cousins: Served Together, Died Together
14. Killed in Belgium in Heaving Fighting
15. (Guest Blog) When Pursuit Comes to an End
16. Killed During the Battle of Guam
17. The Clydebank Blitz
18. (Guest Blog) Flung to the Far Corners of the World
19. (Guest Blog) When Things Went Sour on the Sauer
20. The Sinking of the S/S Katha
21. They Called It Ireland
22. The GIs Best Friend
23. (Guest Blog) First Shot at Pearl Harbor
24. (Guest Blog) On Patton's Flank
25. Commander, Seventh Army
26. Life Aboard the Blue and Floyd B Parks
27. Life Aboard the Alcor and Harry Lee
28. Crossing the Line Ceremony
29. A Savior of the USS Indianapolis Survivors
30. (Guest Blog) Saga of the Lost USS Indianapolis
31. (Guest Blog) 70th Anniversary of D-Day
32. Historic Assault Crossing of the Rhine River
33. (Guest Blog) "Stay Alive in `45"
34. Medal of Honor Ancestor
35. Randall Breedlove's War
36. Escaping from Eastern Germany
37. There's a Nazi in the Family
38. Living in War-torn Europe

Korean Conflict

1. Korean War Memorial: Sophia, West Virginia

Vietnam War

1. Killed in Vietnam