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Tag Archives: Battle of the Wilderness
March-April Presentations
March: 5th, 12th, and 19th: Kristopher White, “Gettysburg: The First Day In-Depth,” at the Community College of Allegheny County (PA) 6th: Chris Mackowski, “Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire,” at the White Plains Civil War Speakers Series, organized by the White Plains (NY) … Continue reading
Review: Wilderness by Lance Weller
No Civil War battlefield offers a writer more metaphoric possibility than the Wilderness. Not only was the Wilderness a virtually impenetrable second-growth forest—“the dark, close wood” and “one of the waste places of nature,” as soldiers called it—but the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Wilderness, Lance Weller, wilderness
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The Vermont Brigade Monument in the Wilderness
The Vermont Brigade Monument on the Wilderness Battlefield.
Vermont in the Wilderness
On a recent trip to the Fredericksburg area, I passed through the Wilderness Battlefield. I have a few upcoming talks on the battle and the wounding of James Longstreet, so I took the time to explore some areas of the … Continue reading
Surrendering to “Genl Intoxication”
In studying the Civil War, we forget that most of its participants were young men generally in their early twenties. With the grand allure of battles, campaigns, politics, riots, race and religion, perhaps we overlook the shenanigans, mishaps, and vices … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Connecticut, 15th Iowa, 61st Illinois, Alexander Hays, Alexander Hays' death, Battle of the Wilderness, Brigadier General Alexander Hays, Charles D. G. Webber, Civil War, Civil War drinking, Company I 12th Connecticut, Corinth, court-martial, Cyrus F. Boyd, drinking, drunk, Genl Intoxication, German, intoxication, John William De Forest, Judge Stillwell, Kansas, Leander Stillwell, Memphis, Mine Run, Morton's Ford, Preservation, racism, Shiloh, Tim Gates, whiskey
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