Category Archives: Nineteenth Ohio Battery

Reprise: Corporal Watkins at Fort Sanders

John Watkins, of the Nineteenth Ohio Battery, which was held in reserve during the fight, survived the war and attended a Knoxville reunion in 1895. He saw the beginning of the end of the red-clay fort and wrote home about it: “Went … Continue reading

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Corporal Watkins at Fort Sanders

John Watkins, of the Nineteenth Ohio Battery, which was held in reserve during the fight, survived the war and attended a Knoxville reunion in 1895. He saw the beginning of the end of the red-clay fort and wrote home about … Continue reading

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19th Ohio Battery

Battle flag of the 19th Ohio Battery, Capt. Joseph C. Shields, commanding. One of its sections was held in reserve for the battle.

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