Tag Archives: Army of the Potomac

The Flying Dutchmen: The XI Corps at Chancellorsville

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

I say dam the DUTCH. Gen. Hooker soon ordered the 12th corps to kill every man that run in the 11th.  I saw a number of Officers and privates shot trying to break thriugh the guard.  It served them right.  … Continue reading →

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The Golden Opportunity at Evelynton Heights

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Exactly one year before the Battle of Gettysburg Confederate James Ewell Brown “JEB” Stuart made possibly an even costlier mistake. He lost Evelynton Heights. Evelynton is the name attributed to both the plantation home of the Ruffin family (the same family … Continue reading →

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Joseph Hooker: The Administrator

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Over the weekend, the 150th anniversary of Joseph Hooker’s appointment of command of the Army of the Potomac passed. The mere mention of Joseph Hooker in relation to the American Civil War quickly conjures up the Battle of Chancellorsville and … Continue reading →

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The Army of the Potomac, a Three-Volume set by Bruce Catton.

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

My #1 pick for Civil War books we should all have on our bookshelves is Bruce Catton’s trilogy The Army of the Potomac. This classic, first published in 1953, contains the books Mr. Lincoln’s Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness … Continue reading →

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Drawing the War, Part 4: Winslow Homer

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Part four in a series. Perhaps the Civil War “Special Artist” who is best known to the general public is Winslow Homer. He is famous for the work he did after the war, not for the sketches he did during … Continue reading →

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Fact List About the 23rd United States Colored Troops…Past and Present

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I wanted to convey some information about the 23rd United States Colored Troops. The unit proudly served in the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. Today, the unit is based out of Spotsylvania County Virginia, and … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of May 3rd: The Battle of Chancellorsville and A Forgotten “What-If”

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Complacency endangers history.  The first plausible answer is not always the correct or solitary one, yet all too often we content ourselves with simplistic solutions to murky questions.  Civil War historians have grappled with the Battle of Chancellorsville for nearly … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Season with the Army of the Potomac

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Christmas of 1862 was a bleak holiday for the men of the Union Army of the Potomac. Many, given the option, may have preferred to celebrate Festivus, the holiday created by Seinfeld character Frank Costanza. Festivus had no tree (as … Continue reading →

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