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“Altogether Too Absurd For Serious Consideration”: The Federal Mine at Petersburg
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 21, 1864: Everything at the front was remarkably quiet. There was not even the usual amount of shelling, mortar or picket firing. All along the lines, from our extreme right to the river, for … Continue reading
William “Little Billy” Mahone—Part One
Today we welcome back guest author William F. Floyd, Jr. William worked for forty years for the City of Norfolk. In his retirement, he’s now pursuing the study of history at Tidewater Community College. The first in a two-part series. … Continue reading
General Lee Makes a Joke
The North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online site (NC ECHO) send some interesting things my way once in a while. This arrived yesterday: it is from the Greensboro Patriot, June 23, 1864, and is apparently reprinted from the Richmond Sentinel, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Newspapers, Western Theater
Tagged Col. Charles W. Fields, General Lee, Greensboro Patriot, NC ECHO, North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online Site, Richmond Sentinel, Robert E. Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Texans
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Calling on Charlie
Every Memorial Day weekend I make the short pilgrimage to Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Petersburg to pay my respects at the grave of Captain Charles Carroll Morey, 2nd Vermont Infantry. Reading Charlie’s correspondence with his family during the war … Continue reading
Palmetto Sentinels
The spring rainfall has covered the central Virginia forests with a lush vegetation that unfortunately obscures many of the physical features that define a battlefield. In attempt to restore some of these viewsheds, I undertook a recent project to clear some … Continue reading
“Old One Wing”
Another installment of the series “Tales From the Tombstone” At the Battle of Churubusco on August 20, 1847, during the attack on the Franciscan Convent that was the focal point of the Mexican defenses there, one of the artillery battery’s … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments
Tagged Asheville, Battle of Cold Harbor, Churubusco, James Green Martin, Mexican War, New Bern, North Carolina, Petersburg, Richard Ewell, Riverside Cemetery, Robert E. Lee, Robert F. Hoke, Siege of Petersburg, Thomas Jonathon "Stonewall" Jackson, Utah War
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“I Am Not Glad To See You By a Damned Sight.”
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.“ James Jay Archer the lifelong bachelor born at Stafford near Havre de Grace in northeastern Maryland on December 19, 1817 came from a military family. The apple did not … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Gettysburg, Fort Delaware, James J. Archer, Johnson Island, Maryland, Robert E. Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Stonewall Jackson, Willoughby Run
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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
