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Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Photography
Tagged First Manassas, Jackson monument, Logothetis-Photos, manassas, Manassas National Battlefield, Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jackson statues, Thomas J. Jackson
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Suicide by Union Bullet?: The Cases of A.P. Hill and Richard Garnett
Death is an occupational hazard for the soldier; it is a basic rule of warfare that there will be casualties. Soldiers face death when they enter battle, and accept that they must be willing to die for their country, their … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged "suicide by cop", Ambrose Powell Hill, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Kernstown, Boydton Plank Road, C.S. Venable, civil war casualties, Colonel Palmer, Corporal John W. Mauck, cowardice, Five Forks, Garnett Monument, Garnett's court martial, George Pickett, Gettysburg, gonorrhea, Harry Heath, Hollywood Cemetery, James Longstreet, Jenkins, linkedin, Petersburg, Pickett's Charge, Private Daniel Wolford, Richard Garnett, Richmond, Robert Anderson Bright, Robert E. Lee, Sergeant Tucker, Siege of Petersburg, Stonewall Jackson, suicide, Thomas J. Jackson, Turner Ashby, West Point
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The Death of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
This being the 149th anniversary of the death of Stonewall Jackson, I thought that I would re-post one of the site’s first articles. The last two weeks of Jackson’s life held two of his greatest highs both personally and professionally.Personally, … Continue reading
The Mystery of May 3rd: The Battle of Chancellorsville and A Forgotten “What-If”
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
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Chancellorsville, Darius Couch, Fifth Corps, First Corps, flank attack, George Meade, Gouverneur K. Warren, J.E.B. Stuart, John Reynolds, Joseph Hooker, Joseph Hooker's wounding, May 3rd, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson
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