My map that I made from the Microsoft Street’s and Trips software is not real detailed but I think it gives some interesting clues as to the movements of the 4th and the 9th Regiments of Minnesota. I have wanted to do a comparison for quite some time.
Key to the Maps:
- Red Flags represented the 9th Regiment which was George Barclay’s regiment.
- Turquoise Flags represented the 4th Regiment which was brother Alexander Barclay regiment.
- Purple Flags represented General Sherman and I confined myself to the Marches to the Sea and through the Carolina’s.
Some of the flags as a tag with a date of that particular event or location. Some locations are on the way to a battle or to accomplish some goal known to the higher command. I was not able to pin down all locations given in the regimental histories and had to make choices because I was running out of room.
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Here is the map from George’s 9th Regiment and General Sherman:
- 9th Regiment Locations
Map of 9th & 4th Reg't Movement
Comparing the two maps you see that there a lot more flags in turquoise than in red. At times it appears that the 9th and the 4th are right on top of each other but if you compare dates they are in the areas at totally different times.
The map below is the start of the Civil War for the 4th and 9th Regiments. Both brothers headed south at slightly different times.
4th and 9th Start of Civil War
The map below focuses on the states of Kentucky and Tennessee:
Civil War - KY & TN
The map below shows a little more detail on Tennessee and movements into Mississippi:
TN and Mississippi
The map below goes deeper into Mississippi and Louisiana for the brothers at different times:
Louisiana and Mississippi Locations
This map shows the 4th Regiments marches through Georgia and the Carolinas which mirror those of General Sherman:
The March thru George and the Carolinas
The 4th Regiment marches in the Grand Review in Washington D.C. in 1865:
Alex marches in the Grand Review
The 4th Regiments heads home in 1865 and 9th soon follows:
Alex and George Return Home 1865
This was a fun exercise and gives me an idea of what my great-grandfather George A. Barclay and his brother Alexander Barclay experienced. It is amazing that both George and Alexander came back alive.
In the next post we will add their father John Barclay’s Civil War service to the mix. Fortunately he only served a short time toward the end of the war in a civil capacity as a carpenter.
