Comments on: 150 years ago http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731 Refighting the American Civil War, One Blog Post at a Time Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike Bergen http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731&cpage=1#comment-53581 Mike Bergen Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:50:53 +0000 http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731#comment-53581 Very disappointing, but not surprising, that PBS ‘erased’ God out of Lt. Col. Dwight’s letter. They left out “God defend our country”, “I trust in God and love you all to the last”, and “All is well with those that have faith”.

]]> By: Ethan Rafuse http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731&cpage=1#comment-53580 Ethan Rafuse Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:06:35 +0000 http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731#comment-53580 I had the same experience, Alan, when I read Dwight’s letter to close a program at the Kansas City library on Antietam. Powerful document.

]]> By: Ethan Rafuse http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731&cpage=1#comment-53579 Ethan Rafuse Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:05:04 +0000 http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731#comment-53579 I had the same problem, Alan, when I read it to close a program on Antietam at our local library. Powerful stuff.

]]> By: Alan Lee-Levins http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731&cpage=1#comment-53578 Alan Lee-Levins Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:28:40 +0000 http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731#comment-53578 The segment on American Experience where they read Dwight’s letter to his mother caught me by surprise. I had the hardest time choking back the tears.

]]> By: Chris Evans http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731&cpage=1#comment-53577 Chris Evans Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:48:07 +0000 http://civilwarriors.net/wordpress/?p=4731#comment-53577 Excellent post. I thought when I heard about Dwight in the 2nd Mass. that was Shaw’s regiment.

Chris

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