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The Union Blockade and Mexico—Part 1
We are excited to welcome guest author Caroline Davis. Caroline is a graduate of Ball State University with a BA in History and minors in Political Science and Philosophy. She currently is finishing her second internship at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania … Continue reading
Only in America…
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to tour the Capitol and got an expanded look because of my brother, who is interning with a representative. I highly recommend going to the Capitol and touring. The museum is top notch … Continue reading
The Army of the Potomac, a Three-Volume set by Bruce Catton.
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
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged A Stillness at Appomattox, Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Bruce Catton, Gettysburg, Glory Road, Jefferson Davis, Mr. Lincoln's Army, Pulitzer Prize, Robert E. Lee, Top Ten, Ulysses S. Grant
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, In History and Memory…Part 7
Part seven in a series. In the post-war years many veterans wrote long and influential memoirs of the war. Some Western Theater veterans wrote of their experiences, but not to the extent that their eastern counterparts did. Why were post-war … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Battle of Chattanooga, Chancellorsville, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Gettysburg, In History and Memory, Jefferson Davis, John B. Jones, John Bell Hood, John Nicolay, Military Order of the Loyal Legions of the United States, Offical Records of the War of the Rebellion, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Siege of Knoxville, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, In History and Memory…Part 3
Part three in a series. With the end of the war came demobilization and reconstruction of the country socially and politically. In victory, the western armies had put together a stellar fighting record, and they were the backbone of the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Lost Cause, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Fort Donelson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Shiloh, The Seven Days Battles, Stones River, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, William T. Sherman, Phil Sheridan, William Loring, Chickamauga, Geroge McClellan
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America’s Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union. A Review
Fergus M. Bordewich. America’s Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. Pp. x, 480. It all started with slavery and a war. Before 1848, most white Americans … Continue reading
Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, In History and Memory…Part 2
Part two in a series. As we have already seen, McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign was a failure, and following it Lincoln transferred Major General John Pope from the west to command in eastern forces, in an attempt to instill confidence in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Battle of Island Number 10, Braxton Bragg, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Jefferson Davis, John Pemberton, John Pope, Joseoh Johnston, March to the Sea, Second Manassas, Vicksburg, William Loring, William T. Sherman
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, In History and Memory…Part 1
Part one in a series. Over the past few weeks I have made some great friends Europe. I was fortunate enough to participate in a tour of my great love in history, the sites of D-day. While I was across … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Battle of Shiloh, D-day, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Fort Monroe, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Halleck, Jefferson Davis, manassas, Peninsula Campaign, Petersburg, Phil Sheridan, Richmond Examiner, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
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