New England Cruise 2023
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New England Cruise 2023
The town of Kamsack, Saskatchewan has one grain elevator left, the former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool “A” elevator now lettered for LTS Grain Farms.
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Brass marker in a Columbus, Ohio sidewalk that says "A Joseph Skilken and Co. Development, September 1986". This local construction company was founded by Joseph Skilken in 1927.
...a Castel Maggiore
A unit grain train sails past on the mainline as the conductor ducks back in the cab having completed a roll-by inspection. Momentarily the manifest will be back on the move with the line-up east. Drummond, MT, September 6, 2023.
Photo taken on September 29th, 2023.
There were some beluga whales in the water at this location and everyone was pulling over for a view
Blick über die Weinstöcke vom Escherndorfer Lump unter der Vogelsburg mainaufwärts auf Volkach, die Weininsel und den Main
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Irish Brigade
The heart of the monument is a ten foot tall, fifteen ton block of granite brought from County Wicklow, Ireland. On the front of the monument a bronze bas-relief shows the charge of the Irish brigade at Antietam. On the rear of the monument us a bas-relief of Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher, who raised the brigade and commanded it until early 1863.
Brigadier General
Thomas Francis Meagher
The Irish Brigade commander was born in Waterford City Ireland on 23 August 1823, a well educated orator, he joined the young Ireland movement to liberate his nation. This led to his exile to a British Penal Colony in Tasmania Australia in 1849. He escaped to the United States in 1853 and became an American citizen. When the Civil War broke out he raised Company K, Irish Zouaves, for the 69th New York State Militia Regiment which fought at First Bull Run under Colonel Michael Corcoran. Subsequently Meagher raised the Irish Brigade and commanded it from 3 February 1862 to 14 May 1863 til later commanded a military district in Tennessee. After the War meagher became Secretary and Acting Governor of the Montana Territory. He drowned in the Missouri River near Fort Benton on 1 July 1867. His body was never recovered.
Irish Brigade
Formed in November 1861, the Brigade was largely recruited in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Its initial regiments were the 69th, 88th and 63rd New York State Volunteers. Other units identified as part of the Brigade included the 29th Massachusetts, 116th Pennsyvlania and 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The Brigade fought in all of the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. It lost over 4,000 men during the war. This total is larger than the number of soldiers who served in the Brigade at any single time. Eleven Brigade members were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Of the Five Officers who commanded the Brigade, three were killed or mortally wounded. Colonel Richard Byrnes (Cold Harbor), Colonel Patrick Kelly (Petersburg), and Brigadier General Thomas A. Smyth (Farmville). The Brigade was mustered out in June 1865.
Irish Brigade at Antietam
Second Brigade, First Division Second Corps, Army of the Potomac On 17, September 1862, the Brigade crossed Antietam Creek (9:30 a.m.) at Pry’s Ford. As it formed at the edge of a cornfield Father William Corby, Chaplain rode along the line, giving absolution to the soldiers. The 69th New York occupied the right then the 29th Massachusetts, the 63rd and 88th New York crossing the cornfield, the command encountered a rail fence which was torn down under severe fire an opposing Confederate column advanced within 300 paces of the brigade . After several volleys, the Irish Brigade charged with fixed bayonets. At 30 paces it poured buck and ball into General George B. Anderson’s Brigade (2nd, 4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina Infantry Regiments) which fell back to “Bloody Lane”. After fierce combat its ammunition exhausted the Irish Brigade was relieved.
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Around Wexford, Ireland
Foliage shot at www.inaturalist.org/observations/203548224.
