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Tag Archives: Western theater
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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Examining Braxton Bragg
Confederate General Braxton Bragg would never make the list of top military commanders to fight for the Southern Confederacy. He argued with everyone, including–if you believe a pre-war account–even his own persona. He distrusted his subordinate commanders and on multiple … Continue reading
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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Confederate River Fortifications: Death Traps All?
Lately, I have been shifting my gaze east of the river and focusing on the war in the Western Theater. I’ve been exploring broad Union/Confederate strategies in the region, and I was struck by just how damaging one particular strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Sieges
Tagged Arkansas Post, Confederate strategy, Cumberland River, Fletcher Pratt, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Fort Hindman, Forts Henry and Donelson, Island No. 10, Jefferson Davis, Leonidas Polk, Mississippi River, Port Hudson, River defense, Steven Woodworth, Tennessee River, Vicksburg, Western theater
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