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Author Archives: Jon-Erik Gilot
Book Review: The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge
The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge By Brad Asher University of Kentucky Press, 2021, $45.00 hardcover Reviewed by Jon-Erik Gilot Stephen Burbridge is not a name that leaps … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Book Review, Brad Asher, Kentucky, Stephen Burbridge
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Book Review: Cincinnati in the Civil War
Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union’s Queen City By David L. Mowery The History Press, 2021, $26.99 Reviewed by Jon-Erik Gilot Historian David L. Mowery has in recent years delivered several outstanding books for those of us interested in … Continue reading
“Not Far from the Plank Road’s Turning”
William R. Ramsey was a Sergeant in Co. F of the 150th Pennsylvania Bucktails. Surviving the vicious fighting at Gettysburg unscathed, Ramsey was severely wounded on May 6, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness, and was subsequently captured. His … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged 150th Pennsylvania, Battle of the Wilderness, William Ramsey
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“At Liberty Gap . . . Every Man is a Hero”: The Story of an Ohio Soldier
While I have spent many years collecting Civil War artifacts and photographs, at some point I made a conscious decision to limit the scope of my collection to only those items from a specific geographic area, namely southeastern Ohio and … Continue reading
Book Review: Storm Over Key West
Storm Over Key West: The Civil War and the Call of Freedom By Mike Pride Pineapple Press, 2020, $26.95 Reviewed by Jon-Erik Gilot A few months before the COVID pandemic hit I had the opportunity to travel to Key West, … Continue reading
A Pleasant Kind of Duty: Ohio’s Trumbull Guards
Last year I shared a few essays on the Departmental Corps, infantry companies of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania who served briefly as part of the Department of the Monongahela. I have long been interested in these independent regiments and … Continue reading
Before the Battlefield: The Suffering of “Camp Maggotty Hollow”
We Civil War enthusiasts have a fascination with casualties. We rapture over which regiments were bled white on the battlefield and which regiments had the highest casualty figures. We pore over the last, heroic words uttered by officers as they … Continue reading
Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part II)
See Part I here… On the night of April 27, 1863, Hannah Church spied five men building a fire under the two spans of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crossing of a fork of Fish Creek bearing her family’s name. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged 19th Virginia Cavalry, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Benjamin Stone Roberts, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, Francis H. Pierpont, John D. Imboden, John W. Garrett, Jones-Imboden Raid, Joseph A.J. Lightburn, Mannington, Raids, Robert Schenck, West Virginia, Wetzel County, William E. Jones
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Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part I)
Civil War cavalry raids often rank among the most romantic of Civil War tales. This often has to do with the characters most often associated, with names like Stuart, Morgan, Mosby, Rosser, Gilmor and others. These raids would be recalled … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, John D. Imboden, Jones-Imboden Raid, Mannington, Raids, West Virginia, William E. Jones
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Communing with the Past: An Interview with Gary Milligan
Gary Milligan is one of those good guys in our hobby/avocation/obsession. Just a pleasure to get to know, filled with good stories, and always willing to share his knowledge and experiences. Several times this year I’ve gone to Gary, hat … Continue reading
