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Darkest Days of the War?
The Battles of Iuka and Corinth–that’s the answer, at least according to historian Peter Cozzens. Do you agree? Disagree? When I started the book, I was sketpical that Cozzens could convince me that this was truly the “Darkest Days of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Corinth, Battle of Iuka, Braxton Bragg, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Mississippi, Sterling Price, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Western theater, William Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
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Placing Perryville
On September 17, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia fought Union General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The subsequent Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) is still the bloodiest … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Perryville, Braxton Bragg, Don Carlos Buell, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Western theater
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, In History and Memory…Part 5
Part five in a series. Western commanders and troops may have had a more difficult time gaining the respect of their superiors, but they also were greatly affected by the media’s perception of their contributions to the war. Media coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bayou, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, George G. Meade, George McClellan, Gettysburg, Henry Halleck, John Sherman, Robert E. Lee, Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, William T. Sherman
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