Showing results for "Expeditions Bold and Admirable"
Expeditions Bold And Admirable: Conclusion
Conclusion of a series. You may read the Introduction, The First Battle of Hartwood Church, The Dumfries Raid and Raid on the Occoquon here. The months of November and December, 1862 marked a transition in the career of Wade Hampton. For several weeks, Hampton and his brigade were thorn in the side of the Army […]
Read more...Expeditions Bold and Admirable: Raid on the Occoquan
Part three in a series. You may read the Introduction here, Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Major General James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart had been impressed with the recent actions of his subordinate, Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton. In the last week of November and second week of December, Hampton had led successful raids behind the Union […]
Read more...Expeditions Bold and Admirable: The Dumfries Raid
Part two in a series. You may read the Introduction here and Part 1 here. After Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton’s reconnaissance into Stafford County at the end of November, 1862, he directed his scouts to continue to operate among and behind the Union lines. Known as the “Iron Scouts”, this small band had been loosely […]
Read more...Expeditions Bold and Admirable: The First Battle of Hartwood Church
Part one in a series. You may read the Introduction here. On November 17, the lead elements of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac reached Stafford Heights, opposite Fredericksburg. The old colonial city was the first stop in Burnside’s winter drive on Richmond. But in order to continue the campaign, the Federals required […]
Read more...Expeditions Bold and Admirable: Wade Hampton in the Winter of 1862
Introduction to a series A couple weeks ago, I shared a piece on the actions of Wade Hampton at the Battle of Trevilian Station. Hampton’s direction and subsequent victory there catapulted him to command the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Recently, in observance of the 155th Anniversary of Fredericksburg, I was reviewing its […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Dec. 31-Jan. 7
ECW has welcomed in the New Year. We’ve had a busy first week of 2018 with a number of fantastic posts. We finished up our Year in Review 2017 with our most-read post and had a special announcement regarding our upcoming site migration, which is now scheduled for the week of January 15. You may […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Dec. 17-24
Holiday Greetings from all of us at ECW! The week before Christmas is always busy and the same can be said here. We’ve had a number of great posts this week related to Christmas and other subjects, including the recent ECW Symposium and our upcoming site migration. You may click on the links bellow to […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Dec. 11-17
This past week was a busy one for ECW with the observance of the 155th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. In partnership with the Civil War Trust, the National Civil War Museum, and the National Park Service we participated in the Trust’s Facebook Live events. We also had a number of pieces related to […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Nov. 26-Dec. 3
We had two major announcements this past week as the calendar turned to December. The first book in a new series has been released, and changes are coming to the Emerging Civil War site. You may click on the links below to read each post.
Read more...