Donna Pampalone

Taken by Whitby photographer Francis Meadow Sutcliffe, 1889.

A photo of John Haddock Barnes and Maurice Ray Barnes

A photo of Gen. Joseph "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler - Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General, United States Army General, US Congressman. A statue of him represents the state of Alabama in Statuary Hall of the United States Congress. A professional soldier, he attended the United States Military Academy after being appointed from New York, graduating with the Class of 1859. He was the 1843rd graduate of USMA, with a class rank of 19 out of 22. Wheeler was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of the Mounted Rifles (forerunner of the Cavalry), and assigned to New Mexico territory, to enforce peace with the Indians. On February 27, 1861, with the Civil War about to start, he resigned his United States Army commission, and requested a commission with the Confederate States Army. He was appointed Lieutenant of Artillery on April 3, 1861. Subsequently, he was appointed Colonel and commander the 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and was commended for his actions at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. In addition to Shiloh, he fought in the Kentucky Campaign, at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Knoxville, and was appointed Cavalry General of the Confederate Armies on May 11, 1864, where he opposed General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea until the war's end. In October 1862, he was promoted to Brigadier General, PACS, and promoted again to Major General, in January 1863. He was promoted to Lieutenant General, in February 1865. At the end of the Civil War, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and opened a law practice in Wheeler, Alabama. From 1881 to 1900, he served as a Democratic Congressman from Alabama in the United States House of Representatives. In 1898, when the Spanish American War broke out, he was appointed Major General, US Volunteers, and commanded the Cavalry Division of the Cuban Expeditionary Force, which gave him command over the Rough Riders of Teddy Roosevelt fame. He was head of the committee that negotiated the surrender of Santiago and the Spanish Army in Cuba. Following that war, he remained in the United States Army, and from September 1899 to January 1900, he was the commanding General in the field, with the rank of Brigadier General, during the Philippine Insurrection, commanding the First Brigade, Second Division, in the Tarlac Campaign and in the central Luzon. He was commissioned a Brigadier General, Regular Army on June 16, 1900, and retired on September 10, 1900. He died in Brooklyn, New York in 1906. (bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)

Wilmot Henry Chapman, born 1846 Nobleboro, Maine. Enlisted 14 Aug. 1862. Died, 4 Oct. 1904, Salt Lake City, Utah.

A photo of Fede Lunyou (?) CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
FROM ME HE IS 5 GENERATIONS BACK
AND WE CAN NOT GET PAST THAT GEN.

A photo of Wiley Odom - died in andersonville , GA as a pow
People in photo include: Wiley Odom

Small Cartes de Visite of Civil War soldier Isaac H. Waters created in Nashville, Tennessee
People in photo include: T. S. Schleier

The Battle of Antietam, MD (Sept through Oct 1862) on the main eastern theater of the war.

Men in the photo: Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield


Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Alexander Gardner, photographer

First female US Army surgeon, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker.

She began as a nurse on the battlefield of the Civil War but became a (civilian) battlefield surgeon during the war. (She graduated as a medical doctor in 1855 but women weren't accepted for battlefield service - she changed that.) She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service (the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor).

After the War, she was a supporter of such issues as health care, temperance, women's rights and dress reform for women. (Look at the photo!)

Photo of the 139th Pennsylvania infantry officers from the U.S. Civil War.

The 139th infantry has a very interesting history. Formed at Camp Howe on 9/1/1862, the brigade participated at the Second Battle of the Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg & the Battle of Gettysburg.

This was Lt. Col. Calvin Goddard, first of
the 12th Ohio Infantry and later placed on
the staff of General Rosecrans after his
service at the battle of Stones River, Tennessee.
People in photo include: Calvin Goddard

Photo of an old steam boat that patrolled the Mississippi river during the time of the US Civil War. Believe it or not, this was the beginning of the US Navy!

This is a photo of a Prisoners reunion at Andersonville. It was taken at the "Providence Spring " which is located in the stockade pen.

A photo of the stockade at Andersonville Prison, Civil War.

This is a family, the entirety of which survived the sinking of the Titanic. They aren't identified but it's amazing that they all survived. The children are so young. Perhaps someone will recognize this family group.

The captain of the Titanic, John Edward Smith, born January 27th, 1850, and died April 15th 1912 at the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

As with much of the story surrounding the RMS Titanic, there are various opinions about Titanic's captain. Some say that John Edward Smith was a hero who stayed on the bridge until the last moment radioing for help. Others say, that regardless of what he did or did not do, as captain of the RMS Titanic all of the various failures (ship's speed, leaving dock without enough life boats, not filling up the life boats to full capacity, and etc.) were ultimately his responsibility.