Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

St. Patrick’s Day in the army–A hurdle race

March 16, 2013

Library of Congress,Miscellaneous document sources

St. Patrick's Day in the army--A hurdle race March 17 20517u

March 17, 1863 by Edwin Forbes.

Library of Congress image.

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Barbara Mojica March 16, 2013 at 12:41 pm

Yes, enjoyed the picture. That was certainly a memorable St. Patrick’s Day.
I wrote an article about it for The Columbia Insider last year.

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skedaddle March 16, 2013 at 12:48 pm

That’s interesting. There are a couple of more Edwin Forbes drawings of it I’ll be posting later today.

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