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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 16, 1862
All of the eyes watching the campaign in Maryland now focused in on the two armies facing off along the banks of Antietam Creek. As more time wore on from the last fight two days prior at South Mountain, more … Continue reading
Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg, and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Conclusion of a series After examining the evidence, it seems clear that Senator Wade’s inflammatory and defamatory statements about Meade’s conduct of the pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia were simply incorrect. Given the circumstances under which he was … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 146th New York, 150th Pennsylvania, Alpheus Williams, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Benjamin Wade, George Meade, Gettysburg Campaign, Joint Comittee on the Conduct of the War, Robert E. Lee, Williamsport
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Nine
Part nine in a series. “…a timely diversion…” Everything was seemingly going well for the Confederates on July 1st. Although the Army of Northern Virginia had blundered into the enemy, they had engaged two Federal corps and driven them from … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, 35th Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, A.P. Hill, Alpheus Williams, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Benner's Hill, Campbell Brown, Cemetery Hill, Daniel Sickles, Extra Billy Smith, George Meade, James Power Smith, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg, Winfield Scott Hancock
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The Battle of Bentonville: March 19, 1865
150 years ago, on the morning of March 19, 1865, the Battle of Bentonville opened with Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry delaying the advance of Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum’s Army of Georgia along the Goldsboro Road. Hampton had chosen the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, Alpheus Williams, Henry Slocum, J.J. Cole Plantation, James Morgan, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph Johnston, Reddick Morris Farm, Robert Hoke, Smithfield, Wade Hampton, William Carlin, William T. Sherman
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Fighting in the Hell Hole around New Hope Church
As Sherman swung his forces westward away from the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the formidable Confederate defenses there, Johnston quickly guessed his opponent’s next move and shifted his forces toward Dallas to meet him. On May 25, the lead … Continue reading
“On Swept the Gallant Little Brigade”
Part Two Sleep did not come easily for any of Steuart’s men on the slopes of Culp’s Hill. At 1:00 a.m. “we were awakened…by the advance of a column of Yankees, but a volley from our line caused them to … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged 10th Virgini, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st Maryland CSA, 1st North Carolina, 23rd Virginia, 37th Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Alpheus Williams, Battle of Gettysburg, Brigadier General Thomas Kane, Colonel Charles Candy, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George Steuart, Henry Slocum, John Bell Hood, John Geary, Richard Ewell, Seminary Ridge
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Four
Part four in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 11th Corps, 12th Connecticut, 12th Corps, Alfred Iverson, Alpheus Williams, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Braxton Bragg, Carl Schurz, Daniel Harvey Hill, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Fort Doneslson, Fort Henry, Fredericksburg, Henry Halleck, Iron Brigade, John Sherman, Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rafferty, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, William Wing Loring
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