Research Arsenal Spotlight 65: Theodore Harman 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Theodore Harman was born January 29, 1836 to George Harman and Mary Ann (Steinmetz) Harman of Pennsylvania. On February 2, 1862, he married Louisa Moyer. Only a few months…
RG 94 Spotlight: 21st Michigan Infantry
The Research Arsenal is proud to be digitizing and adding historical records of Civil War regiments held at the National Archives to our online database so that researchers…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 64: Henry Beckwith USS New Ironsides
Henry Beckwith was born in 1839 to David Beckwith and Eliza (Rathbone) Beckwith of Chesterfield, Connecticut. He enlisted in the US Navy on June 27, 1862 and served as the …
Juneteenth and the Civil War: The Long Road from Emancipation to Freedom
Juneteenth and the Civil War: The Long Road from Emancipation to Freedom Every year on June 19, Americans commemorate Juneteenth, a holiday that marks one of the most…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 63: Thomas Griffith 116th New York Infantry
Thomas Griffith was born in 1846 to William and Clarinda Griffith of Gowanda, New York. He was very young when he enlisted in August, 1862, around the age of 15 or 16 years…
Understanding National Archives Records Group 94: A Treasure Trove for Civil War Research
What is Records Group 94? Over the past year or so, the Research Arsenal has been digitizing regimental books from Records Group 94 at the National Archives and adding them…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 62: Josiah Osgood 24th Massachusetts Infantry
Josiah Osgood was born in 1842 to Hamilton Osgood and Adaline (Stevens) Osgood of Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted as a corporal in Company C of the 24th Massachusetts…
RG 94 Spotlight: The 89th Illinois Infantry
The 89th Illinois Infantry: The Railroad Regiment’s Hard Road from Stones River to Nashville The Research Arsenal is proud to be digitizing and adding historical…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 61: Otis Whitney 27th Iowa Infantry
Otis Whitney was born in 1821 in Seneca, New York to Otis Whitney and Betsy (Hawley) Whitney. He married Harriett Newell Barnes in 1854 and the pair moved out west to Iowa….
Research Arsenal Spotlight 60: Constantine Hege 48th North Carolina Infantry
Constantine Hege was born in 1843 to Solomon Hege and Catharine (Guenther) Hege of Davidson County, North Carolina. The Hege family were Moravians, an early Protestant…
