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Category Archives: Sieges
Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part I
You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Civilian, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Newspapers, Personalities, Politics, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged Davis, general william tecumseh sherman, Grant, Halleck, Hood, John Bell Hood, official communications, Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman
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“Life Given, Not Lost”: Captain Morey’s Final Charge—Conclusion
Authored by Edward Alexander (part three of three) Skirmishers in the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery crept forward to pick off the cannoneers and horses, to prevent the withdrawal of the pieces, while the remainder of the Green Mountain Boys charged … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Sieges
Tagged 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery, 2nd Vermont Infantry, 4th Vermont Infantry, Charles C. Morey, Cockade City, Green Mountain Boys, John W. Yeargain, Morey-series, Poague's Battalion, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Robert E. Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Vermont Brigade, Wilbur Fisk
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“Life Given, Not Lost”: Captain Morey’s Final Charge—Part Two
Authored by Edward Alexander (part two of three) Following the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, in which he claimed the Confederates “broke and run like a flock of sheep with dogs after them,” the Sixth Corps returned to … Continue reading
“Life Given, Not Lost”: Captain Morey’s Final Charge: Part One
We are happy to welcome guest author Edward Alexander. Edward Alexander is the Education & Interpretation Specialist at Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, Virginia. A 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois, he has also worked with Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania … Continue reading
The “Other” Lee
Mention the surname “Lee” to a Civil War enthusiast or quite possibly any American that sat through a high-school American History class and the name Robert E. Lee is the first one given in reply. Ask that Civil War enthusiast … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Antietam, Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Battle of Ezra Church, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Spring Hill, Battle of Tupelo, Bennett House, Charleston Harbor, Charleston South Carolina, Fort Sumter, Frank Cheatham, John Bell Hood, Joseph Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Park Service, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peninsula Campaign, Second Manassas, Stephen Dill Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Vicksburg, William T. Sherman
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Pick number three in my Top 10 List: A set of maps
The third book, or books, every Civil War buff needs on the bookshelf is a good set of maps. These are invaluable–nothing less. They give form to the function of a campaign or battle and, depending on your choices, can … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Preservation, Sieges
Tagged Antietam, atlas, Ball's Bluff, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Bloody Angle, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski, Elmer Ellsworth, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Gettysburg, maps, Shiloh
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Fort Pocahontas
When I stopped at Jamestown, Virginia over the weekend, I expected to find Pocahontas—but to my surprise, I found Fort Pocahontas, too. Just outside the Jamestown colony’s original triangle fort, to the west of the rebuilt palisade, a line of … Continue reading
Confederate River Fortifications: Death Traps All?
Lately, I have been shifting my gaze east of the river and focusing on the war in the Western Theater. I’ve been exploring broad Union/Confederate strategies in the region, and I was struck by just how damaging one particular strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Sieges
Tagged Arkansas Post, Confederate strategy, Cumberland River, Fletcher Pratt, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Fort Hindman, Forts Henry and Donelson, Island No. 10, Jefferson Davis, Leonidas Polk, Mississippi River, Port Hudson, River defense, Steven Woodworth, Tennessee River, Vicksburg, Western theater
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