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Category Archives: Armies
The 11th New York Fire Zouaves: Seeing the Elephant, Part 1
The following excerpt is taken from Groeling’s forthcoming book First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War Hero. It will be released by Savas Beatie and can be preordered here: https://www.savasbeatie.com/contact-us/ Colonel Elmer Ellsworth’s regiment … Continue reading
The “One-Battle” Syndrome
As we approach the anniversary of the battle of First Manassas in July, 1861 I want to touch on what I term the “One Battle Syndrome.” The thinking on both sides in 1861, from generals to politicians to privates, was … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles
Tagged 2nd New Hampshire, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 93rd New York, Army of Mississippi, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Potomac, Gaines Mill, Harrison's Landing, Henry C. Newton, John Burrill, John Faler, manassas, One Battle Syndrome, Seven Pines, Shiloh
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Taking It Day By Day
Hindsight often obscures our understanding of how events unfolded and their results became apparent. Because we know how it went, we lose something of the immediate perspective that both sides had, not to mention the fog of war. To illustrate … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged John C. Pemberton, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg Campaign
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Antietam’s Lower Field Revisited Part IV: A.P. Hill’s Not-So-Devastating Counterattack
One of the most celebrated episodes of the entire war is the nick of time arrival of General A.P. Hill’s division to save the day for the Confederates at Antietam. In a made for Hollywood type of moment, the Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 16th Connecticut, 4th Rhode Island, A. P. Hill, Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, B. T. Johnson, Kanawha Division, Lawrence O. Branch, Lost Cause, Maxy Gregg, Ninth Corps, Orr's Rifles
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Grant’s Left Hook by Sean Michael Chick Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the release of the latest book in the Emerging Civil War Series: Grant’s Left Hook: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 5-June 7, 1864, by Sean Michael Chick, published by Savas Beatie (and available here). This is … Continue reading
Antietam’s Lower Field Revisited Part II: The Unsteady Ninth Corps at Antietam
The Ninth Corps had an odd relationship with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Mirroring their involvement with the army was that of their best-known commander, Ambrose Burnside, who would eventually command the army, then serve with … Continue reading
“On the Heights”: The Field Hospital at Brompton in May 1864
The wagons rolling into Fredericksburg never seemed to stop. Mary Caldwell, an inhabitant of the town, wrote in her diary, “The road near the fair grounds seems to be literally covered.”[1] They were filled with broken and bloodied bodies, the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Common Soldier, Medical
Tagged 31st Maine, Brompton, Edward B. Dalton, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Henry Lancaster, James Gardner, James Noyes, Mary G. Caldwell, Marye's Heights, Mathew Brady, medical care, Spotsylvania Court House, wilderness, William Howell Reed
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Buckner Assesses Bragg and Longstreet
In 1909 Simon Bolivar Buckner gave an interview later published in Confederate Veteran. His opinions of General Braxton Bragg and Lieutenant General James Longstreet, both of whom he served with closely, are worth noting.
Weekly Whitman: An Army Corps on the March
In 1865 Whitman engaged New York publisher Peter Eckler to print the first issue of Drum-Taps. After President Lincoln’s death, Whitman chose to stop printing efforts and wait for some time to pass. In the autumn of 1865 he added … Continue reading
Civil War Myth Busting: The Fictional Confederate Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg
Another anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg has come and gone. Mention of the December 1862 battle immediately brings to mind the repeated Federal attacks against Marye’s Heights that all failed to reach their objective. One of the most famous … Continue reading
