The Veterans

November 1, 2011 By admin

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Joseph Groff, of Frederick, MD, wearing the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) insignia. Groff had been a member of the 1st Potomac Home Brigade in the war, and later was a member and officer of the John Y. Reynolds Post, GAR, in Frederick. (Alice L. Luckhardt)

Dedication of the 14th New Jersey monument on the Monocacy battlefield in 1907 (Monocacy National Battlefield)

Veterans of the Battle of Ball's Bluff revisit the battlefield in 1876 (George E. Tabb, Jr. and Civil War Trust)

The 11th Connecticut monument dedication at Antietam in 1894 (Courtesy of http://www.14thconnecticut.org/)

Reunion of veterans of the 14th Connecticut at Antietam in 1894 (Courtesy of http://www.14thconnecticut.org/)

Veterans of the 14th Connecticut stand by the regiment's monument at Antietam, 1894 (Courtesy of http://www.14thconnecticut.org/)

Ribbon for the dedication of the 14th Connecticut monument at Antietam in 1894 (Courtesy of Tad Sattler)

Ribbon marking the 1894 excursion of Connecticut veterans to Antietam, Gettysburg, and other local battlefields (Courtesy of Tad Sattler)

Veterans gather around the monument to the 15th Massachusetts at Antietam in 1900 (Chris Haugh)

On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, veterans and others pose in front of one of two monuments to the 20th New York on the battlefield (Antietam National Battlefield)

The Official Program of the 75th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Antietam in 1937 (Washington County Historical Society and the Western Maryland Historical Library [WHILBR])

"Under Blue & Gray," at the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913 (Library of Congress)

Confederate and Union veterans march together during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Gettysburg battle (Library of Congress)

Former foes meet at the Gettysburg anniversary reunion in 1913 (Library of Congress)

Union and Confederate veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg symbolically shake hands during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the battle (Pennsylvania State Archives)

Two veterans reminisce at the Gettysburg reunion, 1913 (Library of Congress)

General Daniel Sickles, center, revisits in 1913 the part of the Gettysburg battlefield where he was wounded and lost his leg (Library of Congress)

During the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863, Union General Daniel Sickles's lower right leg was shattered by a cannonball, such as the one in the image. After his leg (above) was amputated, Sickles sent it to the Army Medical Museum in Washington, where it was preserved. Sickles often visited his leg on the anniversary of the amputation. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)

This project has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, Frederick Community College, and others. See Credits page for full list.

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Frederick Community College

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Frederick, MD 21702

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Maryland and the Border
in the Civil War

The Veterans

Special Collections

Maryland and the Border in the Civil War

The Veterans

Special Collections

Maryland and the Border
in the Civil War