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Author Archives: Ryan Quint
Book Review: “The Camel Regiment”
When he served as the U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis had the grand idea of importing camels. The camels, Davis reasoned, would be perfect animals to use in fighting among the far western reaches of America’s deserts, and thus … Continue reading
Railroads: The B&O and the Battle of Monocacy
Eric Wittenberg has written an overview of the B&O here. The following blog post examines the B&O’s role more in depth as it pertains to the events leading up to the Battle of Monocacy. Messages kept coming across the desk … Continue reading
Book Review: “Death, Disease, and Life at War”
From the regimental camp of the 111th New York Infantry near Brandy Station, Virginia, Surgeon James Benton wrote to his parents, “The spring campaign will soon be upon us and in my opinion we have never seen any fighting which … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged 111th New York, 98th New York, and Life at War, book reviews, Christoper E. Loperfido, death, disease, James D. Benton
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“There Has Been Awful Sight of Human Suffering Caused By This War”: After Monocacy
Today marks the 154th Anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy. It is a battle I have written about frequently, and as for previous anniversaries, I wanted to make sure to post something to remember “The Battle that Saved Washington.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 151st New York Infantry, 1864, Daniel Long, Frederick, General Hospital # 1, July 9, Monocacy
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Artillery: Alfred Mordecai, the Napoleon, and Changing Artillery
Many know Arthur Fremantle, the famed British observer sent to the United States to observe the respective armies in the Civil War. Fremantle was just one of many observers from Great Britain, Prussia, France, and even Hungary sent by their … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery
Tagged 12-Pounder Napoleon, Alfred Mordecai, Army of the Potomac, Artillery-18, Cannon-Obusier, cannons, Crimean War, Delafield Commission, First Manassas, George McClellan, Henry Hunt, Howitzers, John Gibbon, Mortars, Napoleon III, Richard Delafield, Siege of Sevastopol
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Book Review: “Emory Upton: Misunderstood Reformer”
Book Review by Emerging Civil War’s Derek Maxfield In the small Upstate New York city of Batavia, there are no historic heroes bigger than Emory Upton. You need look no farther than the larger than life statue honoring him … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Emory Upton, Harper Perennial, Misunderstood Reformer, Russell Weigley, Spotsylvania, Stephen E. Ambrose
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Due to our recent site migration, we were unable to present this piece on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The 170th Anniversary of the final day of the treaty’s negotiations occurred on February 2, 1848. It had been 635 days … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Mexican War, Ties to the War
Tagged James K. Polk, Mexican-American War, Nicholas Trist, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Book Review: “Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War”
There have been legions of studies done about the corps of the Army of the Potomac and its fighting units. Authors have filled shelves with monographs about the Iron and Irish Brigades, or the 20th Maine. Guides have told and … Continue reading
A Commemoration to Remember Dranesville
I’ve been to my fair share of battle commemorations. I’ve listened to “Taps” every half hour while working at a National Cemetery’s Memorial Day service. I’ve laid carnations at Fredericksburg’s famous stone wall. But just a little while ago, I … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 11th Virginia Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry, Alexander B. Smith, Bucktails, Church of the Brethren, Dranesville, Elizabeth Galbraith, John Henry, Lynchburg, Obadiah Harden, Samuel Galbraith, Thomas Harden
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Book Review: “Shooting Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century”
Across the street from Ford’s Theatre and next to the Petersen House in Washington, D.C. there’s a museum dedicated to Abraham Lincoln’s legacy. The centerpiece of that museum is a three-and-a-half story tower of books written about the 16th president … Continue reading
