r/CIVILWAR

American Civil War reenactments bring together thousands of participants who wear period-accurate uniforms and recreate battles, encampments, and the soldiers' daily lives with great attention to detail. Beyond entertaining the public, these events aim to preserve history, pay tribute to those who took part in the conflict, and show what life was truly like for the combatants during the war. Many associations dedicate years to researching uniforms, equipment, and tactics to achieve the highest possible level of authenticity. What is your opinion on this type of reenactment? Would you join one?

I don’t know anything about anything. I’m more of a car guy than a sword/civil war guy, lol what kind of saber is this? Is this authentic? It’s been in the family for enough generations for it to be lol

From July 2nd

Harpers Ferry

South Mountain

Monacacy

Antietam (hiked the cornfield approach, sunken road defenses and Burnsides bridge attack)

Gettysburg (Hiked the path of the 20th Maine to their defensive spot on little round top from the back of Little Round top. Hiked the attack by Laws Alabamans to the the 20ths defensive position. Hiked Culps Hill)

(I skipped Manassas battlefield as I have been 2 years ago and can share photos of the battlefield if anyone would like to see them!)

Is there any way to id this guy, the image came out of Baltimore Maryland but there’s nothing in the back.

Snow and ice gripped Nashville in the winter of 1864. A battered Confederate army waited just beyond the hills—dangerous, desperate, and not yet defeated. Inside the city, a Union general faced a different kind of threat… not cannon fire, but pressure. Telegrams poured in from Washington: attack now, don’t wait.

But George Henry Thomas did something almost unthinkable in a war defined by speed. He waited.

Critics called him slow. Some even tried to remove him from command. Because in their eyes, hesitation meant weakness. But what if they were wrong?

What if that delay wasn’t weakness at all—but a deliberate, calculated decision to deliver something far more devastating than a quick victory?

 Because when Thomas finally moved, he didn’t just win… he annihilated an army.

In this video, we’re going to challenge one of the most persistent myths of the Civil War—the idea that Thomas was “slow.” We’ll step inside the frozen tension of Nashville, uncover the pressure from Grant and Washington, and reveal how patience, precision, and timing turned a battle into total destruction.

 This isn’t just the story of a battle.  It’s the story of a commander who understood something few others did. That sometimes, the most dangerous move… is waiting until victory is inevitable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#Early_years

This rare photographic picture in January 1878, at the Pyramids of Giza, shows former President Ulysses S. Grant and former Confederate General William W. Loring -wearing Fez in the front- as the former was on his famous world tour, and the latter as inspector general of the Egyptian army and one of 50 Confederate and Union officers who were recruited between 1869-1883 by Khedive Ismael Pasha, to help modernize the Egyptian army.

In the book “ The Blue and The Gray on the nile” by William B. Hesseltine, it says that Loring told the local press that he was "delighted to welcome his old friend," and that the meeting brought back memories of "the old days when they fought together under the flag of the United States."

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My regards from Egypt ..

Source: State Library and Archives of Florida

http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/1666

https://history-maps.com/warmap/american-civil-war/event/siege-of-vicksburg

Grant’s most reliable field commander hands down. He kept Confederate forces occupied with diversionary attacks, commanded a corps in the inland campaign, helped conduct the siege, and prevented Johnston from effectively relieving the city.

The fate of the war decided today at 3pm. Line taken from Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust.

Was investigating in Gettysburg during the crazy heat lightning storm, a member of the team was on the left of the photograph and no one else was in the field beyond her. To me it looks like a Union Soldier. Very thrilled about this find!

He served with the 2nd Maine. The 2nd Maine fought in eleven battles most notably; First Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville.

Tozier was wounded at the Battle of Gaines' Mill sustaining two wounds. He was shot in the hand and also shot in the ankle. He was then taken prisoner and later exchanged.

He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. In a 1908 medical examination, Tozier explained of an old rib fracture as having been caused by a grazing cannonball at Fredericksburg.

In mid June 1863 he was transferred to the 20th Maine infantry. Tozier fought alongside the 20th Maine in the following battles; Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna and Cold Harbor.

During the battle of Gettysburg the 20th Maine fell back from Little Round Top. Tozier stood alone in an advanced position on Little Round Top holding the American flag in one arm and firing his musket in the other. He picked up ammunition at his feet. Seeing Tozier standing there alone inspired and rallied his comrades around him. The 20th Maine rushed towards Tozier which ultimately pushed the advancing rebels back. He saved Little Round Top from falling into rebel hands. Had the confederates controlled Little Round Top they would have flanked the Union army and likely won the battle of Gettysburg. Due to his heroic stand, Tozier won the medal of honor for his bravery.

Later in the war Tozier was wounded at the battle of North Anna on May 26, 1864. A bullet struck his head just behind his eye. Most of the bullet exited the skull, but a portion remained lodged inside. Despite this latest wound, he continued to serve until his original enlistment term expired on July 15, 1864.

Tozier received the medal of honor on August 13, 1898.

He survived the war and died in Litchfield, Maine on March 28, 1910, aged 72.

C. S. A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Ewell’s Corps* Johnson’s Division
Latimer’s Battalion
Brown’s Carpenter’s Dement’s *Raine’s Batteries

Two 20 Pounder Parrotts
Five 10 Pounder Parrotts
Three 3 Inch Rifles
Six Napoleons

July 1. After dark crossed Rock Creek and encamped on this ridge.

July 2. At 4 P. M. the Battalion except the 20 pounder Parrotts took position here and was engaged more than two hours in a heavy cannonade with the Union artillery on Cemetery Hill Steven’s Knoll and Culp’s Hill. Ammunition exhausted and losses severe the guns were withdrawn except four to cover the advance of Johnson’s infantry against Culp’s Hill. In the renewed firing Major S. W. Latimer was mortally wounded. In the cannonading the 20 pounder Parrotts in position half a mile north took an active part.

July 3. The 20 pounder Parrotts took part in the great cannonade while the other batteries were in reserve.

July 4. The Battalion withdrew and began the march to Hagerstown.
Losses Killed 10 Wounded 40 Horses killed 30.

About Joseph W. Latimer
The battalion was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Joseph W. Latimer, a Virginia Military Institute student who had studied under “Stonewall” Jackson and who at age 19 was known as the “Boy Major.” Latimer was mortally wounded in the artillery duel on the afternoon of July 2nd, and would die on August 1st. Captain Charles I. Raine took over the battalion when Latimer fell.