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Category Archives: Personalities
Question of the Week: January 26, 2015
I’m sure I’m not the only person who got the Civil War Sesquicentennial tumbler set for Christmas. The set contains glasses with four Confederates (Davis, Lee, Jackson, and Stuart) and four Federals (Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and McClellan).
Fleeting Fame: Union Colonel John Fitzroy De Courcy
It is not unusual for the commander of a defeated force to get sacked. Nor is it unusual for such a commander to suffer additional consequences, if that defeat is particularly egregious, or seems to involve an overly ripe degree … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Ambrose Burnside
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Class of 1842
When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George H. Gordon, George McClellan, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans
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“What If Jackson had Survived His Wounding?”
I get the question all the time: “What if Stonewall Jackson hadn’t been shot?” When people ask that question, what they really want to know is “What would he have done at Gettysburg?” My answer is always “He would have … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Robert E. Lee
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Personalities
Tagged Robert E. Lee, Stratford Hall
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Preview of Trouble to Come: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Visits Sherman in Savannah
Despite his Brother Sen. John Sherman’s assurance that Sec. of War Edwin Stanton was “your fast friend, and was when you had fewer,” Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was unsettled by Stanton’s unannounced visit to Savannah in January, 1865. With his … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged Ebenezer Creek, Edwin Stanton, Jefferson C. Davis, Joe Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Savannah, Senator John Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman
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ECW Weekender: JEB Stuart’s Christmas Raid
It is easy today to follow in the footsteps of JEB Stuarts cavalry on their 1862 Christmas Raid. The route is well known and there are several historic markers and Civil War Trail interpretive signs along the way to guide … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Civilian, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Burke station, Christmas Raid, Dumfries, Fairfax County, Fitz Lee, JEB Stuart, John S. Mosby, Lake Accotink, Laura Ratcliffe, Rooney Lee, Sully Historic Site, Wade Hampton
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“…please furnish better mules…”— JEB Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid, Part Two
This is part two of a two-part series on Jeb Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid; part one was posted on December 26th. Stuart’s Christmas Raid, by John Paul Strain After sending his famous message to Gen. Meigs, Stuart decided to confuse … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civilian, Emerging Civil War, Holidays, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, cavalry, Christmas Raid, Fitz Lee, JEB Stuart, John S. Mosby, Laura Ratcliffe, Montgomery Meigs, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee
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“…please furnish better mules…”— JEB Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid, Part One
This is the first of a two-part series on Jeb Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid. After the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia settled in the area south of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. On Christmas day, Gen. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Holidays, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Burke's Station Raid, cavalry, Christmas Raid, Fitz Lee, JEB Stuart, John Pelham, Montgomery Meigs, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee, Wade Hampton
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The Strategic Impact of the Battle of Nashville
When Maj. Gen. George Thomas’ Union forces drove the Army of Tennessee from their position south of Nashville on December 16, 1864, it signaled an end to John Bell Hood’s invasion of Tennessee. Hood’s army in shambles, any hopes of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, General William T. Sherman, George Thomas, John Bell Hood, John Schofield, March to the Sea, Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant
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