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Not Just For Cleaning by Rae B. (Clinton NJ) Women were supposed to cook and clean, but they wanted to take a stand.They got together from everywhere,And lent a helping hand. They cooked, collected,Created warm wear.Generosity was ever brewing For all of their brave men. Through the women’s eye,They weren’t doing enough.They got ready for […]

Old Eagle Grille by Brenda (Maryland) The Old Eagle Grille is located at 70 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA 17325-8399. I had the General Cobb salad. It consisted of the field greens, tomato, bacon, avocado and grilled chicken you expect on a cobb salad with the addition of pineapple chunks, FRESH mango and a citrus vinegrette […]

by Scott J. Mary Ann Bickerdyke: Queen of the Field Hospital They killed my brother, my father and my son, And I will not stop until my work is done,I will shoot, shoot all them commies dead, Or am I just loose in the head? The field hospital mountebanks, they let me in,They say don’t […]

Pictures of Gettysburg PA Looking for pictures of Gettysburg PA? The early cameras in use for Civil War photography developed very slowly. Not only was it was too risky to take Gettysburg photos during the actual battle, but there was too much movement. The cameras of the era required a long exposure time. Photographers and […]

Potatoes by Austin T (NJ) As I was thrown into the heart of battle, I never ate any potatoes;When I found a farmers field, I ate more spuds than a spud spuckling sparrow,The grays rushed in my field;We shot them in their tracks,No taters for them, More for me;And my men of the 92nd Infantry. […]

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