Regimental History
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2nd Mississippi History
| Michael R. Brasher (View posts) | Posted: 29 Apr 2000 8:39AM GMT |
Margaret,
Thank you for you message. It was especially interesting to hear that David Marlin's brother served in an Illinois unit. Truly a "brother-against-brother" war! Although I plan to put together a web-site for the unit in the near future, if you are interested, you can download what I call my "skeleton" history of the regiment from the CompuServe Civil War Forum library at:
http://forumsb.csi.com/gvforums/default.asp?SRV=CivilWar
The file is in Microsoft Word for Office 97 format and is about 1.3MB in size (about 70 printed pages). Of course the "full-blown" book will be fleshed out with much more detail, first-hand accounts, etc., but the summary manuscript covers the basic history of the unit pretty well. Let me know what you think if you decide to read it.
Lt. Marlin was one of many members of the regiment who were casualties at Gettysburg. Both at the Railroad Cut on July 1 and as part of Pickett's-Pettigrew's Charge on July 3. Few unwounded men recrossed the Potomac at Falling Waters with the rest of Lee's army.
BTW, my own great-grandfather, Pvt. Benton Weatherington, was a member of Company H, the Coonewah Rifles. His older brother, George, was also killed at Gettysburg.
I have a copy of Hankin's "Simple Story of a Soldier" as well as Vairin's diary and several other letters and diaries from members of the unit, but of course, am always looking for more.
Regards...
Mike Brasher
Thank you for you message. It was especially interesting to hear that David Marlin's brother served in an Illinois unit. Truly a "brother-against-brother" war! Although I plan to put together a web-site for the unit in the near future, if you are interested, you can download what I call my "skeleton" history of the regiment from the CompuServe Civil War Forum library at:
http://forumsb.csi.com/gvforums/default.asp?SRV=CivilWar
The file is in Microsoft Word for Office 97 format and is about 1.3MB in size (about 70 printed pages). Of course the "full-blown" book will be fleshed out with much more detail, first-hand accounts, etc., but the summary manuscript covers the basic history of the unit pretty well. Let me know what you think if you decide to read it.
Lt. Marlin was one of many members of the regiment who were casualties at Gettysburg. Both at the Railroad Cut on July 1 and as part of Pickett's-Pettigrew's Charge on July 3. Few unwounded men recrossed the Potomac at Falling Waters with the rest of Lee's army.
BTW, my own great-grandfather, Pvt. Benton Weatherington, was a member of Company H, the Coonewah Rifles. His older brother, George, was also killed at Gettysburg.
I have a copy of Hankin's "Simple Story of a Soldier" as well as Vairin's diary and several other letters and diaries from members of the unit, but of course, am always looking for more.
Regards...
Mike Brasher