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Category Archives: Campaigns
McKinley’s Ride
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Quartermasters don’t usually have their stories spread nationally or warrant monuments, but William McKinley, 25th President of the Unites States, has one at Antietam. There, as a young sergeant, … Continue reading
“Honor and Glory are Before Me”: The Brief Career of George Bayard
Over the course of the last month I’ve written posts on Benjamin “Grimes” Davis and Elon J. Farnsworth. These men share a common trait: their promising careers were cut short in battle during the Gettysburg Campaign. Davis was in the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 10th New York Cavalry, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 1st Maine Cavalry, 1st New Jersey Cavalry, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 2nd Battery (B), 2nd New York Cavalry, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Benjamin "Grimes" Davis, Beverly Robertson, Brandy Station, Elon J. Farnsworth, George Bayard, JEB Stuart, Maine Light Artillery, Second Manassas Campaign, Shenandoah Valley Campaign 1862, Turner Ashby
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Question of the Week: 7/17-7/23/17
Last week we asked if you thought there was a “textbook perfect” campaign. This time let’s reverse the question: Which Civil War campaign seems least effective or most disastrous to you? Why?
Posted in Campaigns, Question of the Week
Tagged Battles, campaign planning, Campaigns, Leadership
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Civil War Trust Honors Preservationists
Several weeks ago, the Civil War Trust presented several awards in the field of preservation to groups and individuals that have gone above and beyond to save our nation’s history. Those awarded come from all walks of life and groups … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Awards, battlefield preservation, Civil War Preservation Trust, Civil War Trust, Historic Preservation, Preservation
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Falling Waters: The Death of Maj. Peter Weber
On July 3, 1863 Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick recklessly ordered one of his brigade commanders, Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, to attack a Confederate position near the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield. The ground over which Farnsworth had to traverse was … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 6th Michigan Cavalry, 8th New York, Ambrose Powell Hill, Battle of Falling Waters, Battle of Gettysburg, Col. William Gamble, Elon Farnsworth, George A. Custer, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Heth, James Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, Judson Kilpatrick, Maj. Peter Weber, retreat from Gettysburg, S.G. Shepard, Third Cavalry Division
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Question of the Week: 7/10-7/16/17
Is there a Civil War campaign that seems “textbook perfect” to you? Why?
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Question of the Week
Tagged Battles, campaign, campaign planning
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Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm
Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 106th New York, 13th Georgia, 14th New Jersey, 61st Georgia, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, Christian Keefer Thomas, Clement Evans, Eugene C. Gordon, Frederick, James H. Baker, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Tigers, Monocacy, Stonewall Brigade, Thomas Farm, William Seward Jr.
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ECW Weekender: Gettysburg Field Hospital Sites
As the sun set on the Gettysburg battlefield on July 3, 1863, although the sound of combat faded into history, a new battle was just beginning. Over the course of the three day engagement, 51,000 men became casualties. That number … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Material Culture, Medical, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, battlefield preservation, Civil War books, Civil War medicine, Field Hospital, Gettysburg National Military Park, Historic Preservation, Medical
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The Final Resting Place of Lee’s “Old Warhorse”
Gainesville, Georgia, a town of 36,306 people at the last census, sits in North Georgia perched on the banks of Lake Lanier and straddling Interstate-985. Yet, in this Georgia town, lie the remains of James Longstreet, affectionately known during his … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Battle of the Wilderness, Confederate generals, Gainesville, General James Longstreet, Georgia, Gettysburg, Memory, Mexican-American War, Old Warhorse, Republican Party, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, West Point
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Elon Farnsworth: A “What If?” of Gettysburg
154 years after the engagement ended, students and enthusiasts still debate the “what if?” questions related to the Battle of Gettysburg. What if Richard Ewell had captured Cemetery Hill on the first day? What if Meade had withdrawn from the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 15th Alabama Infantry, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Texas Infantry, 1st Vermont Cavalry, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, 5th New York Cavalry, Alfred Pleasonton, Battery E 4th U.S. Artillery, Battle of Hanover, Battle of Hunterstown, Elon J. Farnsworth, Judson Kilpatrick, Samuel Elder
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