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Category Archives: Leadership–Confederate
Lee the “Schoolmaster” and A. P. Hill
ECW welcomes guest author Dan Walker It was mid-May in 1864, two weeks into General Robert E. Lee’s efforts to repel Union General Grant’s Overland Campaign, and Lee’s Third Corps commander, Lieutenant General A. P. Hill was unhappy. He was … Continue reading
“Give it to ‘em:” Cleburne at Ringgold Gap
ECW welcomes back guest author Ed Lowe “No satisfactory excuse can possibly be given for the shameful conduct of our troops on the left in allowing their line to be penetrated,” lamented Confederate Army of Tennessee commander General Braxton Bragg … Continue reading
BookChat: James Longstreet and the American Civil War by Harold Knudsen
It’s the 159th anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga—a good showing by Jimmy Longstreet, so a good day to talk a little about a new book by Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Antietam, BookChat, Brotherton Cabin, Bushrod Johnson, Chicamauga, Cory Pfarr, Fredericksburg National Battlefield, Gettysburg Day Two, H. J. Eckenrode, Harold Knudsen, independent command, James Longstreet, Jeffrey Wert, Johnny Shiloh, Killer Angels, Mexican War, military science, Moxley Sorrel, Second Manassas, Tom Berringer
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Fighting in Slippers: Longstreet at Antietam
In September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River and into Maryland for the first time. It was an effort to capitalize on a summer of stunning Confederate successes in the … Continue reading
What If James Longstreet Had Been at the North Anna River?
I’ve long maintained that James Longstreet’s wounding in the Wilderness had a bigger negative impact on the Army of Northern Virginia in the immediate moment than the wounding of Stonewall Jackson a year earlier at Chancellorsville. In fact, the wounding … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate
Tagged A. P. Hill, Army of Northern Virginia, inverted V, James Longstreet, Leadership, Longstreet's wounding, North Anna River, Overland Campaign, Richard Anderson, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Spotsylvania Court House, Strike Them a Blow, What If? What-if-2022, wilderness
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What if . . .General R. E. Lee wore blue?
President Abraham Lincoln would’ve replaced General R. E. Lee; or the Union would have lost the war. Don’t start throwing rotten tomatoes from your garden, yet—hear me out.
There Stands Jackson Like Stonewalls? A Union Soldier Speculates on Jackson’s Famous Nickname
The story of how Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson received his famous nickname atop Henry Hill on July 21, 1861, is well-known to Civil War enthusiasts today. For Southerners, they knew it too, and quickly after the Battle of First … Continue reading
ECW Podcast: Dreams of Victory
If anyone in the Confederacy had big dreams, it was P.G.T. Beauregard. Join Sean Chick for a discussion of his new Emerging Civil War Series biography, Dreams of Victory: P.G.T. Beauregard in the Civil War. Listen for free here on … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Podcast
Tagged ECW Podcast, P.G.T. Beauregard, Sean Chick
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Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals
Reviewed by Stephen Davis The first thing that catches your eye about this impressively comprehensive volume is the number 426. Like most of you, I grew up on Ezra J. Warner’s number of 425 Confederate generals. But Mitcham alertly reminds … Continue reading
The fall of Vicksburg: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion
On July 4, 1863, Major General U.S. Grant’s army captured Vicksburg, Mississippi. This campaign often gets hastily passed over in history conversations. Gettysburg and Fourth festivities take precedent. I’m at fault for neglecting this event as well. Still, the fall … Continue reading
