James Wudarczyk wrote the following review of In the Center of the Storm for the Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table. In the Center of the Storm (A Review)by Jim Wudarczyk When I started researching and writing about local history in 1979, there was not very much recent material relating to Pittsburgh. Sometimes I had […]
I have been trying to find the final resting places of as many 139th soldiers as I can. I have search the entire roster on Find-A-Grave and found about half. Company A is now on its own tab. I will be posting the other companies shortly. I will gladly take any additional information anyone might […]
Art says the final manuscript should be going to the publisher sometime in April or May. He would still like to use photos of the soldiers in the book. If you have any, please send them to him at: arthurfox6@aol.com.
The following excerpt of Arthur’s Fox’s forthcoming book, “Band of Brothers and Last Survivors” of the 139th VA. Infantry, was published in the February 2018 edition of The Arsenal Newsletter of the Greater Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table.
Please see this message from Arthur Fox: Name: arthur B. Fox Email: arthurfox6@aol.com Comment: I am now moving forward with my manuscript for a history of the 139th Pa Infantry Regiment. A positive response and go-ahead from McFarland Publishing of North Carolina now makes this future book a reality. Planning to complete the manuscript by […]
Once again, I am expressing my gratitude for my pack rat ancestors and especially in this case to my Uncle Don Wilkinson who gave these medals to my mother recently. I also found replacement ribbons for the one on the right. This one is very threadbare. The two round ones in the lower right […]
I subscribe to several Civil War blogs and wanted to share this post with you. It is a history lesson as well as discussion about the current Confederate flag debate. https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/some-flag-nonsense/
A few days later [mid-September 1862, after Antietam] we went into our “homesick camp,” near Hagerstown, Maryland for six weeks. Oh! The homesick boys! I was out on picket duty on the Potomac River, watching General Lee’s army which was in camp on the other side, so I had no time to get homesick. I’ll […]
Pittsburgh businessman William Semple, who was instrumental in the formation of four companies of the 139th, presented a national color to Company I, which was used as the regimental color from the time of the regiment’s muster September 1, 1862.1)Advance The Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags, Vol. 2, Richard Sauers, Capitol Preservation Committee, 1998 […]
After burying the dead at Bull Run, the 139th “…hastened forward after the army, coming up with it on the 17th of September, the day of the battle of Antietam, and was at once put in line but did not become engaged.”1)History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Samuel P. Bates, page 378 […]