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The Confederate Dead at Oakwood Cemetery: An Analysis (Part 2) Private Harwood - who was born in 1834 - enlisted with Company K of the 5th Virginia Cavalry on April 7th, 1862 in Petersburg, Virginia However, he would die on July 17th, 1862 - likely from wounds received during the Seven Days Battles - and was buried in what would become Section C of the Confederate section
Ironclad - The Battle of Hampton Roads, Origins of Ordnance Testing . . . Harwood handled the administration and deferred to Dahlgren's expertise in R D " That brings us up to March 8th-9th of 1862 and the Battle of Hampton Roads Suddenly there was a crisis in Ordnance (and of course everyone and their brother immediately had an idea for a solution and insisted their idea was the answer):
Confederate Uniforms - The Crenshaw Woolen Works And then it burnt down From the Richmond Dispatch, Saturday Morning, 5 16 1863, p 1 "Destructive Conflagration Burning of the Crenshaw Woollen Mill and a Portion of the Tredegar Works About 2 o clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the Crenshaw Woollen Mill, of this city, resulting in one of the most destructive and disastrous conflagrations which the city has ever been called upon
Stonewall - Jim Lewis Stonewall Jacksons servant. | Famous People of . . . In an editorial written by local newspaper editor Doug Harwood, it was reported that, " when Stonewall Jackson's statue was being erected in 1891, an Englishman offered to pay for a monument to mark the grave of one of his slaves [sic Jim Lewis] The town ignored his offer "
Hospital ships. | Naval War - At Sea Along Inland Waterways Commodore Harwood was appointed to the Navy Yard and Commander Parker was appointed to head the Potomac Flotilla and took command on December 31, 1863 With the expeditions sent into the Rappahannock river at this time, the men were able to clear numerous obstructions and torpedoes
Confederate forage cap ? | Relic Hunting Collecting What the heck on a roll, the kepi pictured below belonged to William Harwood Jr 3rd Va Cav and of note is the leather sweatband, brim and chinstrap This was not an issued kepi, but most likely a private purchase from a Charleston, SC hatter, it has all of the characteristics of an early to mid war Charleston made cap
Knowledge of the Naval War | Naval War - American Civil War Forums A (Mostly) Complete Civil War Naval Bibliography (III of VI) Gibson, Charles Dana and Gibson, E Kay Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels, Steam and Sail, Employed by the Union Army, 1861-1868
Russian Fleet Shows Support. . . . - American Civil War Forums It looks like Geo-politics was alive and well back in the 1860's Russia sends a fleet of ships to our waters to show support for the Northern war effort and to send a signal to England and France about the support for the Southern Rebels The following I found on the web about this Russian