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Category Archives: Leadership–Federal
US Government Financing of the Civil War
ECW welcomes guest author Dr. Lloyd W. Klein Faced with the problem of financing a major war, President Abraham Lincoln and his Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase, found innovative solutions that remain foundational of the contemporary US economy. Some of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, greenback, income tax, Lloyd W. Klein, Salmon P. Chase, war bonds
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The 11th New York Fire Zouaves: Seeing the Elephant, Part 1
The following excerpt is taken from Groeling’s forthcoming book First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War Hero. It will be released by Savas Beatie and can be preordered here: https://www.savasbeatie.com/contact-us/ Colonel Elmer Ellsworth’s regiment … Continue reading
Sherman’s Huzzah
While many minds are on Gettysburg, early July always finds me reflecting on the siege and surrender at Vicksburg. In the larger picture, I have always found the Vicksburg victory more important because it leads to the important result of … Continue reading
Recruiting the Regiment: The 11th New York Fire Zouaves
A post-script to the recruitment blog series… “I want the New York firemen, for there are no more effective men in the country, and none with whom I can do so much. They are sleeping on a volcano at Washington, … Continue reading
Taking It Day By Day
Hindsight often obscures our understanding of how events unfolded and their results became apparent. Because we know how it went, we lose something of the immediate perspective that both sides had, not to mention the fog of war. To illustrate … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged John C. Pemberton, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg Campaign
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Antietam’s Lower Field Revisited Part IV: A.P. Hill’s Not-So-Devastating Counterattack
One of the most celebrated episodes of the entire war is the nick of time arrival of General A.P. Hill’s division to save the day for the Confederates at Antietam. In a made for Hollywood type of moment, the Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 16th Connecticut, 4th Rhode Island, A. P. Hill, Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, B. T. Johnson, Kanawha Division, Lawrence O. Branch, Lost Cause, Maxy Gregg, Ninth Corps, Orr's Rifles
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A Comprehensive View of the Overland Campaign, Part IV
Part of a Series – Part I and Part II and Part III Forgotten Victories Grant wrote to Halleck on May 26 stating “Lee’s army is really whipped.”[1] He found that Lee was unable to attack his positions at North Anna and believed … Continue reading
Antietam’s Lower Field Revisited Part III: A Flawed Advance
Part of a Series General McClellan assigned the Ninth Corps, on the army’s left flank, the role of seizing the Rohrbach Bridge and creating a diversion to support the main attack on the Confederates to the north. The unsupported Ninth … Continue reading
A Comprehensive View of the Overland Campaign, Part III
Part of a Series – Part I and Part II The Center of Gravity Lies at Ox Ford Ulysses Grant suffered terrible casualties in the fighting around Spotsylvania Courthouse, and his periphery strategy failed. General Franz Sigel retreated from the … Continue reading
