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Category Archives: Battlefields & Historic Places
Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 3
Part three in a series. Part One is here, and Part Two is here. War had come, and the people of Herkimer County, New York answered. Located towards the center of the state, the New Yorkers soon heard of Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th New York Infantry, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Charles P. Stone, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Christian Zugg, Cyrus Kellogg, Dranesville, Dranesville Home Guard, Fairfax Court House, Herkimer County, Lowe's Island, Maryland, McCarthy Lowe, New York, Oliver Darling, Robert Gracey, Seneca Mills, Stephen Farr, Wells Sponable, William Bailey, William Day, William LaDue
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Jackson Flank Attack Ground Saved
The Central Virginia Battlefield Trust has worked hard over the years to help in the effort to preserve the ground in which Stonewall Jackson’s famous flank attack made history in May 1863. Their most recent announcement shares the great news … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Newspapers, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Chancellorsville, Dowdall's Tavern, jackson's flank attack, Last Days of Stonewall Jackson, Orange Turnpike, Preservation, Stonewall Jackson
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Mexican-American War 170th: Siege of Puebla
Ever since Winfield Scott had left the city of Puebla in August, 1847, the American garrison inside the city had tangled with Mexican guerrilla fighters. The Mexican irregulars attacked the cattle pens, and took pot shots at the American soldiers … Continue reading
September 16, 1862: The Night Of No Return
Civil War soldiers vividly remembered, and recalled, certain days of their military careers, both the highs and lows, the good ones and the bad ones. For those soldier participants in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, the September 17, … Continue reading
Help Protect More Ground at Appomattox
Our friends at the Civil War Trust pass along this news of an active preservation campaign to help preserve seventy-four acres of ground at Appomattox Court House. This latest announcement comes to us from Trust President Jim Lighthizer. Continue reading … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged A Stillness at Appomattox, Appomattox, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Battle of Appomattox Station, battlefield preservation, Civil War Trust, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Preservation, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Ulysse S. Grant
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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 15, 1862
As the heavy morning fog lifted, the trapped Federal garrison, helplessly huddled in its defenses, looked around and saw Confederates everywhere–in front, on either side and behind them. When Mother Nature dissipated and exposed the Union soldiers, the cordon of … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Harpers Ferry 3.0—The Time I Took My Kids
On the heels of Chris Mackowski’s recent post regarding how to interest young people more in the Civil War, I headed to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in July for the third time in four years – this time, with my … Continue reading
“Our Men Did Not Flinch”: United States Colored Troops and the Shenandoah Valley
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jonathan Noyalas On Sunday, April 3, 1864, troops from the 19th United States Colored Troops (USCT) marched west toward Winchester, Virginia, on the Berryville Pike. The regiment, largely recruited from Maryland’s Eastern … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier
Tagged 19th United States Colored Troops, 30th United States Colored Troops, 32nd United States Colored Troops, 4th United States Colored Troops, Edward Hall, Julia Chase, Philip Lewis Brent, William Banks, Winchester
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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 14, 1862
From 9 a.m. until the sun set behind the hills, the day-long Battle of South Mountain raged. Federal troops first struck up the mountain at Fox’s Gap. By the end of 13 hours of fighting, the motley assortment of Confederate … Continue reading
