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Born April 30 1831
John Garibaldi was born on april 30 1831 in Genoa Italy. -
Came to the United Stares
John Garibaldi came to the united states in 1851. Also when he came to the united states he served 3rd sargent in the Civil War. January 1 wasnt the date though, The date wasnt givin.but he did come in 1851. -
Enlisted
John Garibaldi enlisted in war in may 1861. I am not sure what day in May, it didnt say. -
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Bull run
This was a battle that John Garibaldi was in and it was called the First Battle of Bull Run. It was fought in july 21,1861. It was the first major land battle. -
Leter to his wife on December 30 1861
John Garibaldi stated to his wife " We had right merry christmas, we had plenty to eatt such as it was and plenty to drink pretty near the whole of Hollaways company was drunk." He wrote the letter at Camp Stevenson Virgina. -
Captured
John Garibaldi and others were captured on March 23 1862. -
7 day Battle
This was a seven day battle. It started on June 25 and lasted until july 1. -
second Battle of Bull Run
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The Second Battle of Bull Run was at the same place as the First Battle of Bull Run. -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam
By the time the Battle of Antietam was over with their was 22,717 people were dead, wonded, or missing. -
Letter to his wife on October 24 1862
He also stated to his wife "we had to walk from staoton to this place about one hundreded and fiftteen mile didtance" this letter was sent from Campnear Bunker Hill. -
Letter to his wife on November 2 1862
The letter to his wife stated "It was very hard to get get paper to write envolpes or postage stamps either" to me this probably states that he is sorry it was taking long to write back because paper was hard to find so it was hard and took long for him to writew back. This letter was sent to his wife on November 2, 1862. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredricksburg
This battle is know as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. -
Letter to his wife on January 4 1863
This is one sentence that he stated to his wife. "I have send you sixty seven dollars since I have been in the Company and would like to know whether you received it or not." This makes me wonder that does people who take the mail from one place to another take the money or will his wife actually receive the money? This letter was written from Camp Winder. -
Letter to his wife on March 24 1863
John Garibaldi also stated to his wife this "I had heard that Isaiah was so sick that it was likely he would recover in one of your last letters, but you thought that Sala would get better therefore I did not expect that Sala would die." This letter was written on March 24 1863 at Camp Winder. -
Letter to his wife on April 14 1863
He stated to his wife that "Our wages have been increased four dollars per month and at that rate I am getting twenty one dollars per month." I find this important because that means that his wife gets more money to shelp her out and the family and to keep them healthy. This letter was writen on April 14 1863 at Camp Winder -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville
This battle was from April 30 to May 6 1863. The arm they fought againist was less then half of their size. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle had a large number of casualties in the American Civil War. -
Letter to his wife on March 8 1864
He stated to his wife "All our troops have returned to camp and settled down again, it was nothing but a yankee raid trying to take Richmond and burn it relieve the yankee prisoners and hang Jeferson Davis, but they failed in all that." I wonder how they failed? -
Letter to his wife on April 5 1864
He said to his wife "Everything is peaceable here now, nothing going on." I think that this is important becuae they didnt have war at the moment but what i want to know is why didnt they have war at the time? Were they training while they didnt have war? These are just some things i thought about in this letter -
Letter written to his wife on April 22 1864
He said to his wife "Meantime our troops have been
cheered up by the victories that our armies have lately achieved in North Carolina andin Transmississippi Department." This means that they had a lot of victorys and defeated a lot of battles in the American Civil War. This was the last letter that John Garibaldi wrote to his wife during the war. This letter was wrote on april 22 1864 at Camp Stone Wall Brigade. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Cold Harbor
This War started on May 31 and ended on June 12 1864. It is remembered as the bloodest and most lopsided battles. -
Appomattox Campaign
This war started March 29 and ended April 9 1865.
