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Civil War battles of Edward Francis Cashel

Civil War battles of Edward Francis Cashel.
  


Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, at Fair Oaks, VA, June 1862.
Not Cashel's battery, but gives you an idea what his battery would have looked like. He was at Fair Oaks in June 1862.
Public domain image. [LOC] call number LC-B815-433.
See larger and full size.
From [LOC] civil war photos (see here and here).





List of battles

Edward Francis Cashel fought for the North (the Union, the Federal side).
He was a private in the Regulars, Company G (also called Battery G), 2nd Regiment, US Artillery.
He was in the following battles.
The quotes are from his letter of 1864.


1861 battles

  

1862 battles

  

1863 battles





Trailer for the movie Gettysburg (1993).



Men of Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, at Culpeper, VA, Sept 1863.
Not Cashel's battery, but gives you an idea what his battery would have looked like. He was at Culpeper in Sept 1863.
See full size.
Public domain image. [LOC] call number LC-B817-7245.
From [LOC] civil war photos (see here).




Battlefield sites



Battlefield site of 1st Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas), VA, July 1861.
Photo 2007. See larger and full size.
From Bethany L. King. See terms of use.



Battlefield site of Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg), MD, Sept 1862.
Photo 2007. See full size.
From here. See terms of use.



Battlefield site of Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 1863.
Photo 2007. See larger and full size.
From here. See terms of use.




Cashel's commanders



William Neil Dennison, Cashel's commander in 1863-64.
Detail of photo at Fair Oaks, VA, June 1862.
See full image.
[LOC] call number LC-B811-435A.
See him also in top RHS of similar photo (and alternative) at Fair Oaks, VA, 1862. [LOC] call number LC-B811-434.
Public domain images. From [LOC] civil war photos (see here and here).




References




Sources yet to be consulted






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