The 154th New York, A Conversation with Mark Dunkelman

On this episode I had the privilege of interviewing author, historian, artist and musician, Mark Dunkelman. We discuss the 154th New York Infantry Regiment, a unit that has been his life work with six books, dozens of articles, monuments and the famous Coster Avenue Mural at Gettysburg. We deep dive into all his many projects along with stories of Mark's ancestor in the regiment, as well as the story of Amos Humiston and his children. Mark is an amazing storyteller and I hope you will be fascinated to hear as I was!
Show Notes:
Hardtack Regiment.com/Mark Dunkelman's website hardtackregiment.com/
Books:
"The Hardtack Regiment" by Mark Dunkelman and Michael Winey www.amazon.com/Hardtack-Regim...
"Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War," 2-volume series, by James Pula www.savasbeatie.com/search.ph...
"The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, by Himself" www.abebooks.com/Memoirs-Gene...
"The Book of Knowledge" Encyclopedia set
"Sherman Fighting Prophet," by Lloyd Lewis www.amazon.com/Sherman-Fighti...
"Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard,"
Volume 1 www.maine.gov/civilwar/books/...
Volume 2 books.google.com/books/about/...
"New York In the War of the Rebellion," by Frederick Phisterer
Newell Burch Diary/Papers search.worldcat.org/title/new...
Edwin Northrup Papers rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/h...
"Brothers One And All," by Mark Dunkelman www.amazon.com/Brothers-One-A...
"A Shield and Hiding Place," by Gardiner Shattuck www.amazon.com/Shield-Hiding-...
"Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life Death and Celebrity of Amos Humiston," by Mark Dunkelman www.amazon.com/Gettysburgs-So...
"Patrick Henry Jones," by Mark Dunkelman www.amazon.com/Patrick-Henry-...
"Memoirs of Charles McKay" Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.
"Baptism of Fire: The 154th New York in the Chancellorsville Campaign" by Mark Dunkelman, article for American Battlefield Trust www.battlefields.org/learn/ar...
"Four Years In The Saddle," by Harry Gilmor books.google.com/books/about/...
"Gettysburg's Coster Avenue," by Mark Dunkelman www.amazon.com/Gettysburgs-Co...
Other Information Mentioned:
Cattaraugus Freeman and Cattaraugus Union newspapers
Humiston Monument Gettysburg gettysburg.stonesentinels.com...
154th New York Monument Gettysburg gettysburg.stonesentinels.com...
154th New York Monument Chancellorsville stonesentinels.com/chancellor...
154th New York Gettysburg Monument model by Garl Casteel www.valleyartspublishing.com/...
154th New York Chancellorsville Monument model by Gary Casteel www.valleyartspublishing.com/...
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center museum.dmna.ny.gov/
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:35 Finding Interest
0:09:49 March to the Sea story
0:13:38 Creating the Regimental History
0:24:11 Amos Humiston
0:39:37 Numbers/Losses of the 154th at Gettysburg
0:41:36 Chancellorsville
0:43:36 Monuments
0:51:03 Coster Avenue Mural
1:01:01 Favorite Project
1:04:58 The Bishop Brothers
1:10:15 Resaca
1:13:10 Favorite Battlefield Site
1:15:17 Legacy of the 154th
1:21:58 Final Thoughts