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9 May 1864

Union general John Sedgwick was shot by a sharpshooter while placing his artillery at Spotsylvania in Virginia. He became the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the war.

9 May 1864

John Sedgwick was killed by a Whitworth bullet
Union general John Sedgwick was shot by a sharpshooter while placing his artillery at Spotsylvania in Virginia. He became the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the war.


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New article: Portrait of an original Remington percussion revolver

Published: 4 February 2015 by Øyvind Flatnes.
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June, 1863: As the American Civil War raged on, a newly made percussion revolver passed the gates of the E. Remington & Sons factory in the small city of Ilion, New York. One of the first of the Remington New Army model, the revolver was purchased by the Union army which had a colossal demand for firearms in the stalemate war against the rebels in the south. Exactly 150 years after the old veteran became mine. Now it was time to bring it back to life.

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