Category Archives: Sixteenth Georgia

19th Century Weapon: The steam train

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Dick Stanley

“In today’s world of tanks, bombers and submarines, it’s perhaps hard to believe that the train was once an amazingly mobile weapons platform. They might be locked to their rails, but for over a century trains were the fastest means … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg’s 150th

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Dick Stanley

I’m not sorry to be missing Gettysburg’s 150th anniversary these next three days. Too much of the occasion will be taken up by reenactment events, which reenactment participants call “impressions.” But too many of the reenactors are too corpulent and all … Continue reading →

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The real Sixteenth Georgia

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Private Horatio J. David of the Center Hill Guards of the Sixteenth Georgia, who was a lieutenant by the time they followed the Phillips Georgia Legion in the Nov. 29 assault on Fort Sanders. David would survive the battle and … Continue reading →

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