tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543108974337368957.post7952860470251885722..comments2024-02-24T22:22:30.751-05:00Comments on Bloody Prelude: The Battle of South Mountain: Birth of the Iron BrigadeTim Warehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488653236341541079noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543108974337368957.post-19435926585774151522012-09-12T00:11:30.597-04:002012-09-12T00:11:30.597-04:00I will include this link in my FaceBook account en...I will include this link in my FaceBook account entitled LandscapeTurnedRedbyStephenSears which details the very likely possibility that my two grand-great uncles were killed a few days later in The Cornfield by the Iron Brigade. http://www.facebook.com/neill.goltz?ref=tn_tnmn#!/LandscapeTurnedRedByStephenSears<br />deucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962653068769983530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543108974337368957.post-67301382468148441652012-03-08T20:47:51.256-05:002012-03-08T20:47:51.256-05:00My great great grandfather was of the 7th infantry...My great great grandfather was of the 7th infantry, co A. Thomas Strangeway was 19 when he was at the South Mountain battle. He survived the war but died of wounds he received at the age of 51; in Lodi, Wisc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543108974337368957.post-74129016782415975512010-09-03T10:45:57.393-04:002010-09-03T10:45:57.393-04:00Thanks for the comment. Also thanks for the 7th Wi...Thanks for the comment. Also thanks for the 7th Wisconsin information, it was interesting to see a direct quote about the regiments fight at Turner's Gap.Tim Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488653236341541079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543108974337368957.post-30058807852815950162010-09-02T15:43:29.521-04:002010-09-02T15:43:29.521-04:00Excellent account of the Iron Brigade.7th Wisconsi...Excellent account of the Iron Brigade.7th Wisconsin csualties at Turner's Gap included 23 killed/died of wounds,including Color Guard Corporal Charles Plummer,a 21-yr old farmer from Fall River WI."...a most terrific fire was poured into the gallant old 7th,until even the colors were dropped and picked up many times,so severe was the fire,killing off the men,that it seemed that no one could survive."[DESCRIPTIVE ROLL;SAUK COUNTY RIFLEMEN]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com