Photos from 2021 🇺🇸 when I was there.

I recently purchased a m 1849 colt pocket pistol used by civil war soldier and corporal Lewis w Satchwell who also went by Lewis w Duvale he died in the battle of 7 pines (fair oaks) on may 31st 1862 and enlisted to the New York 87th infantry in 1861 and I’m looking for his parents names I have several records saying his mothers name but his cursive is hard to read and makeout so I’ve searched the 1860 and 1850 census and I can’t even find him in there so I would like some assistance finding him on a census and getting his parents names thanks everything is appreciated

BATTLE OF PEACHTREE CREEK: Brig. Gen. Winfield Featherston's Mississippi brigade led the charge, suffered massive casualties as other units got lost or were delayed in the confusion. A visit to Atlanta’s Tanyard Creek Park on the eve of battle anniversary. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/07/battle-of-peachtree-creek-featherstons.html

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: Pvt. John C. Pollitz of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry lies beneath the Long Island church he dearly loved. His headstone and a bell he bought are reminders of sacrifice.

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Russian-born, Union General, Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov, aka John B. Turchin became one of the Civil War’s most infamous—and misunderstood—figures. Branded the “Mad Cossack” by critics, Turchin built a reputation in the Western Theater for aggressive campaigning, contempt for Confederate sabotage, and a hard-war approach that made him a hero to some Unionists and a villain across the South.
This episode follows Turchin and his wife, Nadezhda (Nadine) Turchin, from imperial Russia to the Union Army and into the controversy surrounding the 1862 sacking of Athens, Alabama. After Confederate guerrilla attacks, destroyed rail lines, and constant violence against Union soldiers, Turchin allegedly told his men that he would “shut [his] eyes for two hours.” What followed made national headlines.
Court-martialed over Athens, Turchin appeared headed for disgrace—until Abraham Lincoln intervened and promoted him to brigadier general. Was John B. Turchin a reckless foreign officer, a scapegoat for the Union Army’s increasingly brutal war, or an early architect of the hard-war policies that helped break the Confederacy?
It is a story of Civil War memory, immigrant soldiers, Nadezhda Turchin’s remarkable wartime role, the Union occupation of Alabama, and one of the strangest promotions of the American Civil War. Let's make it Civil Weird!
https://open.spotify.com/show/0QE4W6BNcpnS2R0KPs29sE

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/07/old-number-9-confederate-capt-keys.html

Made this the other day!

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/07/at-national-battlefields-you-can-be.html

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/07/cannon-salute-to-fourth-of-july.html

Every December 6th, over 23,000 lights are lit over this battlefield. It’s incredibly moving. The battle itself was fought in September. Can anyone tell me why this has a December date? Thank you very much.

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/06/faithful-unto-death-gettysburg-hero.html

https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2012/08/blood-sweat-and-special-effects-making.html

The Gettysburg Foundation is asking the public to sponsor a U.S. flag for $18.63 through "A Field of Remembrance,” a campaign to memorialize the 7,000 men killed at the battle. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2026/06/for-1863-you-can-sponsor-american-flag.html