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Author Archives: Dave Powell
The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: All Hell Can’t Stop Them
Very early in the writing process for the book that became Battle Above the Clouds, the publisher, the editor, and myself all decided that instead of trying to encompass all of the fighting for Chattanooga into one ECW Series volume, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Cavalry, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged All Hell Can't Stop Them, Army of the Cumberland, Battle Above the Clouds, Battles for Chattanooga, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Cleveland Tennessee, Col. Eli Long, copper mill, Dave Powell, David Powell, ECWS-Series, Emerging Civil War Series, George Thomas, Impulse of Victory, Joe Hooker, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, William S. Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Battle Above the Clouds
Writing Battle above the Clouds To date, I have written eleven books, co-authored one (Tullahoma) and contributed essays to two more. Most of that writing has been published by Savas Beatie, though I have also worked with Southern Illinois University … Continue reading
Recruiting The Regiment: Politics by other means – the 36th Illinois Infantry Regiment goes to war
The 36th Illinois is really the closest thing I have to a hometown regiment. Company H of the 36th was recruited in Algonquin Township of McHenry County, Illinois, where I now live, and I find the graves of their veterans … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Regiments
Tagged 160th Anniversary, 1861, 36th Illinois, Nicholas Greusel, Recruiting-160, Recruiting-The-Regiment
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That Other Cavalry Guy: Benjamin H. Grierson
April is a significant month in Civil War history. Some argue that the war both began and ended in Aprils four years apart. Lincoln was assassinated in April. The war’s first really bloody battle—the foreshadowing of what was to come—occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baton Rouge, Ben Grierson, cavalry, Grierson's Raid, Vicksburg Campaign
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Not Written in Letters of Blood: Tullahoma
On July 7, 1863, William Rosecrans, in reply to a telegram from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, wrote: “I beg in [sic] behalf of this army that the War Department may not overlook so great an event because it is … Continue reading
Martyr or Murderer?
I stop and read historical markers. I’m the guy pulled off on the shoulder in the middle of nowhere, reading that bronze sign by the side of the road. You know the type. Frankly, if you are reading this blog, … Continue reading
A Hoosier’s view of Champion Hill
Hometown newspapers are a treasure trove of Civil War source material. I first appreciated how rich a vein they could be when I was researching my work on Chickamauga, and now they are a mainstay of my work on other … Continue reading
A very private war: Rocky Face Ridge, May 8 to 11, 1864
On the morning of May 8. 1864, Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s 125th Ohio infantry drew an unenviable assignment. One of the regiments comprising the Third Brigade, Second Division, of O. O. Howard’s Fourth Corps in the Army of the Cumberland, the … Continue reading
CW & Pop Culture: Civil War Rock and Roll, or, Who was Larkin Poe?
When it comes to the Civil War and popular culture, I admit I am hard to please. For example, with a couple of notable exceptions, I am generally disappointed by film portrayals of the American Civil War. Even the ones … Continue reading
Playing the numbers: Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and Maryland in 1862
The Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland on September 4, 1862, embarking on what history has come to call The Antietam (or Sharpsburg) Campaign. In three months, since Lee took command outside Richmond, he had won … Continue reading
