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Bringing obscurity into focusThu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22By: Frank Burns
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Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:34:42 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-94746Thanks for the Charles Veil article. Besides witnessing Reynolds’ death, Veil also played a part in the Kate Hewitt story — he stayed in contact with Kate thru the Reynolds sisters. I’m doing research around the couple; specifically in relation to the orphan who accompanied Kate (and Reynolds) back east in 1860. I believe that had Reynolds survived and married Kate, they would have adopted the orphan. The subsequent life of the orphan is a fascinating topic!
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Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:39:51 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-88793i am also a descendant of Charles Henry Veil and I have copies of his reports preserved with the family tree. When I take students on a battlefield tour, they are often very emotional when these events are highlighted. RIP to all the brave men and women who have been sent off to conflict.
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Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:12:23 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-79685Veil’s mention of “Major Adolph Rosengarten” may be partly inaccurate. In all other accounts, this Philadelphia officer is known as Major Joseph G(eorge) Rosengarten.
(See Guelzo, Chamberlain, etc.)
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Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:46:46 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-75613Hello sir ~ I just finished reading your well written article on the death of General Reynolds as told by Charles Henry Veil. I just wanted to tell you that Veil’s homestead is right down the road from my home. The original building was washed away during the Johnstown, PA. flood in 1977. Several years ago, I attempted to have a PA. state historical marker placed at this site but they refused me. While researching for that marker, I had the opportunity to speak with a direct descendant of Veil’s (who lives at the site now) and she told me that prior to the flood, they had some of Veil’s military articles (hats, buckles, belts, etc) in their possession. Sadly, the items as well as the house were all washed away and lost due to the flood waters. I will be attempting to have the marker placed again as I believe Henry deserves it!
Glenn
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Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:51:52 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-56726[…] time back Eric Wittenberg published an account by Charles H. Veil, who was with Reynolds at the time of his death and was an eyewitness to the event. Veil says of […]
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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:17:51 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-50633Thank you SO much for publishing this! I’ve been a Reynolds fan for years and was trying to find Veil’s report of what happened, so was thrilled to find all this information. As for the movie “Gettysburg”, personally I love it in spite of the lousy acting, but anybody who watches it and/or reads “Killer Angels” and thinks they know the Battle of Gettysburg, has a LOT of studying to do. It’s a great book and I love the movie, but Shaara took a lot of liberties to make dramatic impact.
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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:29:08 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-46120I have read with great interest the comments and history of Charles H. Veil who was born in our little vicinity of Scalp Level, Pa. We are very interested in learning and accumulating any of the information concerning his life which we will be honored to have in our displays and files at the Windber Area Musuem. The Veil family has added a great deal of the history to Scalp Level. The father being Henry Veil who operated an early tannery in that location. Please consider donations of any books and information to the area where Charles Henry Veil was born. Thank you for your interest and support.
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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:48:32 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-44348I am really moved by the Veil story. I was seconded to PA with work from Wales back in 1999. I drove to Gettysburg one weekend, and took the “cassette tape” tour, and was enthralled. That evening in the bar of the hotel, I happened to get talking to a relative of Charles H Veil, who gave me a copy of the Viola book, which I treasure and read to this day. would love to catch up with the relative, and say thank you.
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:17 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-34351The story is true. I am the great-grand nephew of Charles Veil and I have the original hand written account of Reynold’s death. also have the watch referenced in the Memoirs partially reproduced above. Copies of his memoirs are generally available at Alibris, the online used book dealer. If you are interested in Veil, watch for my paper dealing primarily with his life in Arizona after the War, which will be published in a future dition of the Journal of Arizona History.
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:41:00 +0000http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=624#comment-15043When my wife and I lived in an apartment in downtown Philly, I would regularly walk past City Hall on the way to do our food shopping at the Reading Terminal Market. I always made it a point to walk past the statue of Reynolds on the north side of the building (next to one of McClellan) and offer a prayer of thanks. I believe that the statue shows Reynolds just at the moment he was hit, horse facing the Confederates, Reynolds turning to see how fast the troops were soming up and yelling encouragement.
I have seen a number of alternate histories of Gettysburg and know of none in which Reynolds does not get killed. I believe the war would have been over a lot more quickly if he had lived, but of course have no real way of “proving” this counterfactual.
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