Category Archives: Edwin Lewis Lybarger

Grandfather's handwritten account of his father's life

It’s a good story, but…

For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by

Grandfather's handwritten account of his father's life

It’s a good story, but…

For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by

4 veterans of 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Co. K @ 1910

Advice from an Old Soldier

CIVIL WAR VETERANS of 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (Knox County) who enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio in late 1861, saw their first action in Missouri in Feb. 1862 with the Ohio Brigade, followed Gen. Sherman on the March to the

4 veterans of 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Co. K @ 1910

Advice from an Old Soldier

CIVIL WAR VETERANS of 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (Knox County) who enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio in late 1861, saw their first action in Missouri in Feb. 1862 with the Ohio Brigade, followed Gen. Sherman on the March to the

A fasionable young lady in the 1860's

Do you make good coffee?

What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war

A fasionable young lady in the 1860's

Do you make good coffee?

What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war

Col. Joseph L. Kirby Smith, 43rd OVI

Great-grandfather’s photo album

      Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862

Col. Joseph L. Kirby Smith, 43rd OVI

Great-grandfather’s photo album

      Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862

Robert Sneden's watercolor of Camp Lawton, 1864

650 Buried Here

CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers       In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,

Robert Sneden's watercolor of Camp Lawton, 1864

650 Buried Here

CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers       In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,

7/14/09 Bless historical experts

Lesson: If I can’t find historical info online or in other searches, I’m probably not looking in the right place for the right thing. Never assume it can’t be found. A fabulous day discovering historical details I hadn’t known before. I

7/14/09 Bless historical experts

Lesson: If I can’t find historical info online or in other searches, I’m probably not looking in the right place for the right thing. Never assume it can’t be found. A fabulous day discovering historical details I hadn’t known before. I

Dr. Alexander Thomas Augustus, surgeon, 7th U.S. Colored Troops

Dr. Slawson’s PROLOGUE TO CHANGE: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MEDICINE IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, (found through Jim Schmidt’s www.civilwarmed.blogspot.com), providing details about the handful of African American men who managed to graduate from medical school (in Canada, Paris, Amsterdam, a

Dr. Alexander Thomas Augustus, surgeon, 7th U.S. Colored Troops

Dr. Slawson’s PROLOGUE TO CHANGE: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MEDICINE IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, (found through Jim Schmidt’s www.civilwarmed.blogspot.com), providing details about the handful of African American men who managed to graduate from medical school (in Canada, Paris, Amsterdam, a