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September 12, 2020

The Wilder Brigade Monument at Chickamauga Battlefield Honors Colonel John T. Wilder and His Lightning Brigade

John T. Wilder was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 17th Indiana Infantry in June of 1861, and was promoted to Colonel of the regiment in March of 1862. In the spring of 1863, Wilder...

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September 11, 2016

Captain Eli Lilly’s Report on the 18th Indiana Battery at the Battle of Chickamauga

Before the Civil War, and before he founded the pharmaceutical company that bears his name, Eli Lilly was a pharmacist in Greencastle, Indiana. When the war began, Lilly recruited men for a company of...

Tagged: 18th Indiana battery

The Wilder Brigade Monument at Chickamauga Battlefield Honors Colonel John T. Wilder and His Lightning Brigade

Captain Eli Lilly’s Report on the 18th Indiana Battery at the Battle of Chickamauga

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