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Author Archives: Kristopher D. White
Battle Above the Clouds from Down Below with Hooker
We’re excited about the arrival of the latest Emerging Civil War Series book, Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain by our own award-winning author Dave Powell. One of Dave’s appendices focuses … Continue reading
“Christmas Eve”
As I was working on my annual Christmas in the Civil War talk, I came upon a letter from Colonel Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand. In it, de Trobriand asks his wife if she has seen an engraving … Continue reading
Christmas on the Rappahannock
About twenty years ago my parents bought me a Civil War painting by Ray W. Forquer. The painting, “Christmas on the Rappahannock,” has always been one of my favorites. It’s not the artistry that I love so much, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier, Holidays
Tagged 140th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Christmas, Christmas in the Civil War, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Henry Bingham, John Fraser, John Paxton, Mule Shoe, Po River, Rappahannock River, Spotsylvania, Stony Hill, The Wheatfield, Thomas Paxton, Vincennes Rifles, Wilson Paxton
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ECW Weekender: The White Oak Civil War Museum and Stafford Research Center
Countless museums dot the Virginia countryside. Their sizes vary from the impressive National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle to the quaint Weems-Botts Museum in Dumfires. One museum, thoug,h has always stood out to me as being the perfect mix … Continue reading
The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part four)
Part four of a series. Desertion and “Demagogues” Desertion was also a disease in the army, though of a different kind. With Hooker assuming command the army officially went into winter camp. Morale was still dangerously low and homesickness was a real … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 10th New York Infantry, 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry, 145th Pennsylvania, 17th Maine, 1st Minnesota, 1st New York, Army of the Potomac, Charles Francis Adams, Corps Badge, Daniel Butterfield, George G. Meade, Joseph Hooker, Robert McAllister, Samuel Fiske, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac, Valley Forge Winter, Warren Lee Goss
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Death of Colonel Charles Taylor
Part of a series. Charles Frederick Taylor was born on February 6, 1840, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In 1857 he became a student at the University of Michigan. His time as a student was short lived. Unfortunately the family’s farm … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Bucktails, Charles Frederick Taylor, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Little Round Top, Pennsylvania Bucktails, The Wheatfield
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Vincent’s Rock
Part of a series. Brigadier General Gouverneur K. Warren had been busy all of July 2nd. The early morning found him on the Federal right flank scouting the terrain for possible attacks avenues in the Culp’s Hill sector. With the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 16th Michigan, 20th Maine, 44th New York, 5th Texas, 83rd Pennsylvania, Batter D 5th United States Artillery, Charles Hazlett, Chauncey Reese, Devil's Den, Erie, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Gouverneur K. Warren, Little Round Top, Patrick O'Rorke, Stephen Weed, Strong Vincent, Vincent's Spur
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles
Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Shaeffer Farm, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Edwin Morgan, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Hunt, James Hessler, James Kelly, Joe Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Mary Chesnut, The Peach Orchard, Thomas Sim, Trostle Farm, Winfield Scott Hancock
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