tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post7945449937136186956..comments2024-02-21T08:35:35.568-05:00Comments on Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: General Warren's Headquarters at Spotsylvania, Virginia - Whig Hill - Then and NowJohn Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-13421175535628411152014-04-05T11:23:11.307-04:002014-04-05T11:23:11.307-04:00Thank you so much! I do not have a copy of the wi...Thank you so much! I do not have a copy of the widow's pension application, just those two letters. The last was written May 8, 1864. He wrote with such an urgency in the letter and I felt as though he knew he was going to die. I just recently acquired these letters and my mother did not even know he was captured, I found out by doing some research online. Thank-you, I can can now date when he was captured. Barbara BlakeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920641165444284883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-39741935294421370182014-04-04T07:41:57.846-04:002014-04-04T07:41:57.846-04:00Barbara, Pvt. Benjamin B. Hall was captured May 12...Barbara, Pvt. Benjamin B. Hall was captured May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, sometime during the 2nd Corps assault on the Mule Shoe Salient. Birney's Division was getting moved around the field quite a bit that day and it is uncertain exactly when Hall would have been in a position to be captured but it appears they were most hotly engaged on the far right, on the west face of the salient, around 5-6 AM. The date of capture is found in the documentation of his widow's pension application. John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-54663193982701950392014-04-03T21:53:37.699-04:002014-04-03T21:53:37.699-04:00I am trying to find out what battles my great grea...I am trying to find out what battles my great great grandfather was in. He served with the PA 105th Wildcat Brigade and was captured sometime after May 1864 because he died in Andersonville. I have two letters from him dated April 1864 and May 1864. He had only joined up in February of that year. His name was Benjamin B. Hall. How can I find out where he may have been captured?<br />Barbara Blake teabab@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-24866610773631909532014-02-14T10:09:51.018-05:002014-02-14T10:09:51.018-05:00Todd,
Yes, the house is still lived in, by the sa...Todd,<br /><br />Yes, the house is still lived in, by the same gentleman and his wife that were there in 2004. The metal fence you see in the one view are large dog kennels.John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-67462969626766839682014-02-13T18:39:10.437-05:002014-02-13T18:39:10.437-05:00John: fabulous stuff, as usual. Love the then and ...John: fabulous stuff, as usual. Love the then and now posts. I have to get back down there soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-20011222308253797132014-02-13T15:44:58.510-05:002014-02-13T15:44:58.510-05:00Hi John. Great post. I noticed a fence around th...Hi John. Great post. I noticed a fence around the house in 2004. Is anyone living in the house today? Todd Berkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788305909863367996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-21661176233135373522014-02-10T14:51:54.575-05:002014-02-10T14:51:54.575-05:00Excellent post about one of the "lost" b...Excellent post about one of the "lost" buildings in Spotsylvania County and its importance to the Overland Campaign. Whether the mystery of the destoryed chimney will ever be solved or not, it's fortunate that the Beverly House has survived and its prominence as an army headquarters documented. Keep up the good work!John Heisernoreply@blogger.com