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Category Archives: Cavalry
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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Question of the Week: 8/23-8/29/21
In your opinion, what’s the most effective cavalry skirmish/battle of the Civil War? Why?
The Effects of the Wilson-Kautz Raid through Newspaper Advertisements (part two of two)
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott (part two of two) Evidence of the amount of disorder the Union horsemen wreaked on the region’s citizens during the Wilson-Kautz Raid appears in numerous newspaper advertisements placed by individuals seeking to reclaim … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry, Civilian, Newspapers, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged Emancipation Proclamation, Henry Wise, horses, mules, Petersburg, Petersburg Daily Express, Ream's Station, Richmond Daily Dispatch, Slavery, Slaves, Tim Talbott, Wilson-Kautz Raid, Wilson-Kautz-newspapers
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The Effects of the Wilson-Kautz Raid through Newspaper Advertisements (part one of two)
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott, director of education and interpretation at Pamplin Historical Park (part one of two) Slave trader E. H. Stokes placed an advertisement in the August 6, 1864, edition of the Richmond Daily Dispatch, … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry, Civilian, Newspapers, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged August V. Kautz, Burkesville Station, cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee, Grant's Second Offensive, James H. Wilson, Petersburg, Ream's Station, Slavery, Southside Railroad, Tim Talbott, Wade Hampton, Weldon Railroad, William Mahone, Wilson-Kautz Raid, Wilson-Kautz-newspapers
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An Eagle Cake on the Fourth of July
John S. Mosby It has been a few years since I posted the story below but it still resonates every year with me because of the incredible feat the women of Point of Rocks, Maryland, accomplished: creating a 25 foot … Continue reading
Recruiting The Regiment: Stuart Horse Artillery
On December 19, 1861, the following announcement appeared in the Jacksonville Republican in Jacksonville, Alabama. (Spelling and grammar is original.) Capt. John Pelham, of Calhoun county, who is now in the Confederate army at Manassas, temporarily in command of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Cavalry, Regiments
Tagged John Pelham, Recruiting-160, Recruiting-The-Regiment, Stuart Horse Artillery
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Preservation Setback at the Haw’s Shop Battlefield
In a February 2019 testimony before a congressional subcommittee, American Battlefield Trust president Jim Lighthizer warned that “in the next decade, most unprotected battlefield land will be either developed or destroyed.” Sadly, just over a year later his prediction has … Continue reading
Book Review: The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign
The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign: An Atlas of Mounted Operations from Brandy Station through Falling Waters, June 9-July 14, 1863 By Bradley M. Gottfried Savas Beatie, 2020, $34.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Zachery A. Fry Seasoned followers … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Book Review, Bradley Gottfried, Confederate Cavalry, Gettysburg Campaign, Union Cavalry
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That Other Cavalry Guy: Benjamin H. Grierson
April is a significant month in Civil War history. Some argue that the war both began and ended in Aprils four years apart. Lincoln was assassinated in April. The war’s first really bloody battle—the foreshadowing of what was to come—occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baton Rouge, Ben Grierson, cavalry, Grierson's Raid, Vicksburg Campaign
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