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Tag Archives: Ulysses S. Grant
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
For Presidents Day
Although not one of the presidents typically associated with Presidents Day, here are a couple of quick snapshots from a weekend visit to Ulysses S. Grant’s burial site in New York City.
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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Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions told until they are believed to be true
Part nine in a series “Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true,” Ulysses S. Grant said in his Personal Memoirs.[1] Grant was specifically referring to a fiction “based on … Continue reading
Telling History vs. Making Art: Gods & Jacksons
Part four in a series. One of my favorite places to work at FSNMP is the Stonewall Jackson Shrine, the small plantation office building where the Confederate general died. It’s a story I love so much that I wrote a … Continue reading
Telling History vs. Making Art: The ways we remember the war
Part two in a series “We may say that only at the moment when Lee handed Grant his sword was the Confederacy born,” wrote Robert Penn Warren during the Civil War’s centennial; “or to state matters another way, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Albert Sydney Johnston, David Blight, David O. Selznick, Emancipation Cause, Gary Gallagher, Gone with the Wind, History-vs-Art, Ken Burns, Lost Cause, Reconciliation Cause, Robert E. Lee, Robert Penn Warren, Shiloh, slavery, states' rights, Stonewall Jackson, The Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Cause
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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
A Homecoming from Antietam 147 Years Late
We get the question all the time: Are there soldiers still buried on the battlefield? And we answer them: Maybe. Technically the dead buried on the field were cared for in post-war efforts to locate, identify, and reinter them. During … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Antietam Cornfield, Antietam National Battlefield, Battle of Antietam, Civil War Reenactors, Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, linkedin, Maryland National Guard, Mourning, National cemeteries, New York Military Museum, New York National Guard, New York Soldier, Patriot Guard Riders Association, Siena College, Ulysses S. Grant, unknown burials
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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 8
Part eight in a series. Southern postwar writings were also particularly influential in how they helped to shape the nation’s collective understanding of the war and its meaning. In the south Confederate Veteran Magazine was very popular among historians and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Alexander Stephens, Battle of Champion's Hill, Charles Dana, Clement Evans, Confederate Veteran, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Edwin Stanton, George G. Meade, In History and Memory, James Longstreet, John Brown Gordon, Jubal Early, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, William Swinton, William T. Sherman
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