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Category Archives: Cavalry
Stuart’s Big Capture and the Cost of Doing Business
Jeb Stuart, cut off from the Army of Northern Virginia’s infantry during the last days of June 1863, later tried to excuse his position by making much ado about his exploits. In particular, he crowed about a Federal wagon train … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry
Tagged cavalry, George Gordon Meade, Gettysburg movie, JEB Stuart, Montgomery Miegs, Shoes, supplies
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Unpublished: Diary of a Louisiana Conscript
Extraordinary things can come bound in brown leather with tiny, cramped writing. In search of some family history, I took a trip to Tulane University’s Special Collections Archives in New Orleans. It was a trip for firsts. It was not … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry, Common Soldier, Primary Sources, Regiments
Tagged 15th Confederate Cavalry, Captain John Marshall, common soldier, Halls Mills, Jacques Alfred Charbonnet, Louisiana, Marie Nathalie Loew Charbonnet, memoirs. Civil War soldier diaries, Mobile Alabama, New Orleans, Soldier Diaries, Tunica Mississippi
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In Search of Sarah Spindle
Maxwell and I wind our way through a primordial tunnel of woods before the path we’re following descends a short staircase of plant roots and spits us out into a field. It’s an ersatz field, really—the Park Service hasn’t been … Continue reading
Marmaduke’s Defensive Line at Byram’s Ford
By mid to late October of 1864, Major General Sterling Price’s ragtag Army of Missouri wound its way west toward the Missouri-Kansas border. Since September, the Army of Missouri had moved through northern Arkansas and into Missouri nearly 500 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Trans-Mississippi
Tagged 1864, Battle of Westport, Byram's Ford, James Blunt, John S. Marmaduke, Kansas City, Missouri, Price's 1864 Missouri Expedition, Price's Raid, Samuel R. Curtis, Sterling Price
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: All Hell Can’t Stop Them
Very early in the writing process for the book that became Battle Above the Clouds, the publisher, the editor, and myself all decided that instead of trying to encompass all of the fighting for Chattanooga into one ECW Series volume, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Cavalry, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged All Hell Can't Stop Them, Army of the Cumberland, Battle Above the Clouds, Battles for Chattanooga, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Cleveland Tennessee, Col. Eli Long, copper mill, Dave Powell, David Powell, ECWS-Series, Emerging Civil War Series, George Thomas, Impulse of Victory, Joe Hooker, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, William S. Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
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A Perilous Voyage on the Kanawha: Jenkins Attacks the Victor No. 2
Riverine warfare has perhaps received less attention in Civil War historiography when compared to other naval or land theaters. Rivers played a critical role in moving and supplying armies in the field, and offered avenues of invasion or retreat. The … Continue reading
Under Fire: “The Yanks on Top of the Hill North of the Creek Saw Us and Began Shooting Cannon at Us”
Over the past weekend, I’ve been reading the newly released book Rebel Correspondent, transcribed and annotated by Steve Procko. The highlight of the book is the post-war reminiscences of Private Arba F. Shaw who served in the 4th Georgia Cavalry. … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry, Common Soldier
Tagged 4th Georgia Cavalry, First-Experiences-Under-Fire, Under-Fire
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General Custer’s Stirrup
July 4 marked my 6th wedding anniversary, and apparently, that is to be celebrated by the exchange of iron. It is supposed to signify strength and stability. I gave my husband some irony, but he gave me an actual iron … Continue reading
Book Review: The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac By Adolfo Ovies Savas Beatie, 2021, $34.95 hardcover Reviewed by Doug Crenshaw Adolfo Ovies has undertaken a massive project in writing a three-volume history … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Cavalry
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Book Review, George A. Custer, Union Cavalry, Wesley Merritt
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