Monday, December 28, 2009

Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, Lousisiana Militia, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Juan Miangolara
Lt. Colonel - Jose M. Anguera, Neville Soule
Major - Gaudenzi Marzoni
This unit was composed mostly of Hispanic men, (including many Spaniard's and Cuban's), as well as Italian's and a handful of French. This unit had existed prior to the war, as a local militia and was activated, for the defense of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1861.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

St. Lazarus // San Lazaro // Babalu Aye, December 17th.

Today is celebrated in Cuba and in many other nation's the Feast of Saint Lazarus, known in the Santeria religion, as Babalu Aye. He is the brother of St. Martha and St. Mary Magdalene, as related in the Gospel's. He is the Patron Saint of Leper's, the Paralyzed, those suffering from back and leg ailment's, the Homeless and Destitute and those with severe medical condition's, including the AID's Virus. May Saint Lazarus Bless You and help all the infirm and ill. // Hoy se celebra en Cuba y en muchos otros paises, San Lazaro, conocido en la religion Santera como Babalu Aye. El es el hermano de Santa Marta y Santa Maria Magdalena, como mencionado en la Biblia. Que San Lazaro los
bendiga, y que ayude a todos los enfermos.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

John Henninger Reagan, Confederate PostMaster General 1861-1865.

John Henninger Reagan (born October 8th, 1818, died March 6th, 1905) served as PostMaster General for The Confederate States of America. He was the son of Timothy Richard Reagan and Elizabeth (Lusk) Reagan, of Gatlinburg, Tenennesse. He was also named Secretary of the Treasury, by President Jefferson Davis, on April 27th, 1865, as they were eluding Union Troop's, prior to their capture and served in that capacity, until May 10th, 1865.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Watson Light Artillery, Louisiana, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Daniel Beltzhoover (born 1826, Pennsylvania, died October 31st, 1871, of Yellow Fever).

Thursday, December 3, 2009

St. Barbara - Chango // Dia De Santa Babara - Chango, December 4th.

December 4, is the Feast Day of Saint Barbara, also known in the Santeria Religion as Chango. She is honored in both the Catholic and Orthodox Faith's. Her color's are red and white and Chango is the Orisha of War, Lighting, Fire and Metal's. She is the Patron Saint of Artillery Men, Gunsmith's, Miner's and anyone working with explosives. There are many believer's, of St. Barbara / Chango, in Cuba and in Exile.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

C.S.S. Morgan, Confederate Navy (Served in The Battle of Mobile Bay).

This is the classic book written about Joseph Fry > Life of Capt. Joseph Fry, the Cuban martyr: Being a faithful record of his remarkable career from childhood to the time of his heroic death at the hands ... service of the late civil war in American

Captain - Joseph Fry (born June 14th, 1826, Tampa, Florida-died trying to liberate Cuba (The Virginius Affair, where 53 including Joseph Fry were excecuted, by Spanish authorities, November 7, 1873). He was the son of Samuel Fry and Marie Louise Senac. He was married to Agnes Eveline Sands, sister of Lt. Colonel Robert Sands, of the 3rd Alabama Infantry (and the famous Mobile Cadet's).
Joseph Fry is held in high esteem by Cuban's, both on the Island and in Exile. He is considered a Martyr, for the cause of Cuban Independece, and even under the Terrorist and Communist Regime, of Fidel and Raul Castro, his tomb is very well maintained, and Flag's are flown, in his honor and memory.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Joseph Emerson Brown, Confederate Governor of Georgia 1861-1865.

Joseph Emerson Brown (born April 15th, 1821-died November 30th, 1894) was elected Govenor of Georgia in 1857 and served until 1865. He held other political office's after the war and is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

50th Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - John C. Coltart
Lt. Colonel - G.W. Howard, William D. Chadick
Major's - T.H. Gilbert, John C. Hutto

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cobb's Legion, Georgia, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Thomas R.R. Cobb,
Lt. Colonel's - Richard B. Garnett, Luther J. Glenn, G.B. Knight, Jefferson Lamar
Major's - E. F. Bagley, Thomas Camak, William D. Conyers, W.W. McDaniel

Friday, November 6, 2009

7th Louisiana Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Harry T. Hays, David B. Penn
Lt. Colonel's - Charles DeChoiseul (died of wound's recieved in battle, June 22nd, 1862), Thomas M. Terry
Major - J. Moore Wilson

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

25th Louisiana Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Stuart W. Fisk, Joseph C. Lewis, Francis C. Zacharie
Lt. Colonel - Calvin H. Moore

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Washington and Lee University 200th Anniversary of Founding, United States Postal Service 3 Cent Stamp, 1949.


The United States Postal Service put out a stamp honoring the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Washington and Lee University, in 1749. The stamp show's George Washington (Born February 22nd, 1732-died December 14th, 1799), the first President of The United States of America and Robert Edward Lee (born January 19th, 1807-died October 12th, 1870), Commanding General of the Confederate Army, of Northern Virginia.

Monday, November 2, 2009

33rd North Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's -Clark M. Avery, Lawrence O. Branch, Robert V. Cowan
Lt. Colonel's - Robert F. Hoke, J.H. Saunder's
Major's - William G. Lewis, Thomas W. Mayhew, James A. Weston

Saturday, October 31, 2009

21st Georgia Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Thomas W. Hooper, John T. Mercer
Lt. Colonel's - Thomas C. Glover, J.J. Morrison
Major - Michael Lynch

Friday, October 30, 2009

12th Tennesse Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Tyree H. Bell, Robert M. Russell
Lt. Colonel's - D.A. Outlaw, J.N. Wyatt
Major's - Robert P. Caldwell, James Purl

Thursday, October 29, 2009

2nd Arkansas Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Daniel C. Govan, T.C. Hindman, J.C. Scaife, E. Warfield
Lt. Colonel's - Joseph W. Bocage, E.G. Brasher, R.F. Harvey, Charles Peterson
Major - A.T. Meek

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Thomas' Legion, North Carolina, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - William Holland Thomas (born February 5th, 1805-died May 10th, 1893).
Lt. Colonel's - James Robert Love (born August 19th, 1831-died November 10th, 1885), James A. McKamy (died 1898), William Clay Walker (born August 4th, 1820-died January 3rd, 1864. He was murdered).
Major - William Williams Springfield (born May 7th, 1837-died March 6th, 1823).

8th Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Hilary Abner Herbert (born 3/12/1834-died 3/6/1919), Young Lea Royston (born 6/22/1819-died 1884), John Anthony Winston (born 9/4/1812-died 12/21/1871, died in Mobile, Alabama)

Lt. Colonel's - John P. Emrich (born in Germany), J.W. Frazer, Thomas E. Irby (born 12/17/1823-died 5/5/1862, from wound's recieved in Battle. Thomas E. Irby had also served, in the Mexican War).

Major - Duke Nall (born 1830-died 1865, from wound's recieved in Battle).

6th Texas Cavalry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Robert S. Gould
Major - William W. Veser

30th Battalion Virginia Sharpshooter's, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - J. Lyle Clarke
Major - Peter Otey

Monday, October 26, 2009

16th Georgia Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel's - F.M. Nix, Samuel J. Winn
Major - Edwards Y. Clarke

Poe's Arkansas Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - James T. Poe

Thomas Hill Watts (January 3rd, 1819-died September 16th, 1892), Confederate Governor of Alabama, 1863-1865.

Thomas Watts was born, in the Alabama, son of John Hugh Watts and Prudence Hill. He signed the Alabama Seccesion Ordinance,  for Alabama and served as Attorney General in Jefferson Davis' Cabinet. He was elected Governor, in 1863 and served until April 1865. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

John Gill Shorter (born April 3rd, 1818-died May 29th, 1872), Confederate Governor of Alabama 1861-1863.

John Gill Shorter, of Barbour County served as Confederate Governor, of Alabama, from 1861-1863. He was born in Monticello, Georgia and died in Eufala, Alabama, in 1872. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

7th Arkansas Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - D.A. Gillespie, Robert G. Shaver
Lt. Colonel's - William R. Cain, John M. Dean, James Rutherford, Peter Snyder
Major's - John A. Hill, James T. Martin, John C. McCauley

Friday, October 23, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

60th North Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Washington M. Hardy, Joseph McDowell
Lt. Colonel's - William H. Deaver, J.M. Ray, James T. Weaver
Major's - James T. Huff, William W. McDowell

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

1st (Mercer's-Olmstead's) Volunteer's, Georgia Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Hugh Weedon Mercer (was the Grandson of Revolutionary War General, Hugh Mercer and was later promoted to Brigadier General, born 1808-died 1877), Charles H. Olmstead
Lt. Colonel's - Martin J. Ford, William S. Rockwell

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

Wilson's, Gonzales', Hughes' Battery, Texas

Captain's - George R. Wilson, Thomas Gonzales, Robert J. Hughes // Captain Thomas Gonzales was one of the over 350 Hispanic Confederate Officer's, who served in the war.

26th South Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Alexander D. Smith
Lt. Colonel's - Stephen D. M. Byrd, Joshua H. Hudson
Major's - Ceth S. Land, Cornelius D. Rowell

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

Final Reunion, United Confederate Veteran's, United States Postal Service .03 Cent Stamp, 1951.

The United States Postal Service put out a three cent commemorative stamp honoring the final reunion, of The United Confederate Veteran's, in 1951. The final reunion was held for the few living Confederate Soldier's still alive, on May 30th, 1951, at  Norfolk, Virginia.

7th North Carolina Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - George N. Folk
Major - Thaddeus P. Siler

12th Missouri Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

The 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. and the 12th Missouri Regiment, C.S.A

Colonel - David Shanks
Lt. Colonel - William H. Irvin
Major's - Samuel Bowman, H.J. Vivien

1st Seminole Cavalry Battalion, Indian Territory, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - John Jumper
Major - George Cloud

Osage Battalion, Indian Territory, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Broke Arm (Yes, that was his name, and is likely a direct translation, of his name, in the Osage language).

4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Charles S. Mattison

Charpentier's Battery, Alabama, Field and Staff Officer's.

Captain's - Stephen Charpentier, John M. Jenks
1st Lt.'s - Lemuel H. Goodman, Samuel A. Miller

Cumberland Light Artillery, Kentucky, Field and Staff Officer's .

Captain's - Henry F. Green, W.H. Hedden

4th Confederate Engineer's Regiment, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Hugh T. Douglas

14th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Joseph T. Montgomery
Major - Joseph Palmer

Thursday, October 15, 2009

1st Alabama Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel's - Robert Charles Forsyth, James Thomas Gee
Major's - S.S. Tucker (died in service), J.M. Cary
Surgeon - James T. Reese
Assistant Surgeon's - Benjamin S. Barnes, Thomas Mattingly
Captain's - Company A - William Walker (died in service), William B. Hughes // Company B -  John J. Winston, William Wellborn, Frederick S. Ferguson // Company C - N.J. Smith // Company D - Junius A. Law, Lee Hammond // Company E - John Q. Loomis, Julian W. Whiting //  Company F - Edwin Wallace, William Reese Julian, R.N. Campbell

Virginia Military Institute Cadets, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Scott Shipp

12th Texas Cavalry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Reuben R. Brown
Major - Samuel W. Perkins

1st (Eakin's) Tennesse Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - W.L. Eakin

14th Mississippi Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Matthew S. Ward

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3rd (Hardcastle's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Aaron B. Hardcastle

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1st Georgia Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Charles H. Spalding

The 21st Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

From That Terrible Field: The Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers

Colonels - James Crawford, Charles DeWitt Anderson (born 1827/1829?, died 1901).
Lt. Colonels - Andrew Jackson Ingersoll (born 1823, died 1894), Stewart W. Cayce, Charles S. Stewart (died 1863, at Fort Morgan, Alabama),  James M. Williams
Majors - Frederick K. Stewart, Charles B. Johnson
Adjutants - George Vidmer (born 1840).

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902, Uniform's Book.


I recently purchased a copy of this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history and uniform's, of the Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection. The book was written by Alejandro De Quesada and illustrated by Stephen Walsh and is part of Osprey Publication's Men-At-War Series. It makes a great gift for anyone interested in learning about the war or anyone who had ancestor's in the war. The book includes not only U.S. Troop's uniform's, but also those of The Cuban Liberation Army, The Spanish Army and also Filipino's. It is a "must have" for student's of The Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Virgen De La Caridad Del Cobre // Virgin of Charity

Here is "La Virgen De La Caridad Del Cobre", Patron Saint of Cuba, her Feast Day is September 8th.