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Category Archives: Western Theater
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
Forged in Fire – The Battle of Athens, Missouri, Part II
For Part I of this Series, click here. In August 1861, Athens, Missouri was a bustling river town in the extreme northeastern corner of the state, perched just across the Des Moines River from the Iowa border. With over 500 … Continue reading
Forged in Fire – The Battle of Athens, Missouri, Part I
By the early summer of 1861, Missourians across the state plunged into war in response to the Camp Jackson Affair and its polarizing aftermath. Devoted Unionists were called to arms by Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon to join the Home Guards … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged 1861, Battle of Athens, Missouri, Missouri Home Guard, Missouri State Guard
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The Bullard Boys – Tragedy For A Mississippi Family
A closer examination of a single family during the war can sometimes reveal much about the universal struggles and hardships of the average soldier and civilian. One family was the recipient of a letter written by one new volunteer of … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Western Theater
Tagged 10th Mississippi, Army of Mississippi, Battle at Munfordville, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Shiloh, Camp Douglas, Captain James Bullard, Fort McRee, grief, James Chalmers, Kentucky, Pensacola, Soldier letter, Thomas Hindman
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“The prison over the Pearl River at Jackson, Mississippi, where Union prisoners have been confined.”
In researching my forthcoming book on the battle of Jackson, Mississippi—which took place on this date in 1863 as part of Grant’s campaign through Mississippi to take Vicksburg—I stumbled on a little bit of a mystery, although I didn’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Newspapers, Primary Sources, Western Theater
Tagged 2nd Iowa Cavalry, 31st Missouri, 76th Ohio, Chicago Tribune, Chickasaw Bayou, Chickasaw Bluffs, Civil War prisons, Coffeeville, George Ady, Harper's Weekly, Jackson Mississippi, Jim Woodrick, POWs, prison bridge, prisoner exchange, Thomas Fletcher, Time-Life books, Vicksburg Campaign, Wide-Awake Zouaves
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A Tale of Three Hammets
On May 14, 1864, just north of the Green family cabin, twenty-four-year-old Robert C. Hammet fell dead with a bullet in his brain. His regiment, the 54th Virginia, was ordered into a reckless, suicidal charge against a line of Federal … Continue reading
The (Limited) Destruction of Atlanta
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome W. Todd Groce, Ph.D., president and C.E.O. of the Georgia Historical Society, based in Savannah. Todd was kind enough to share with us a little treasure from the GHS’s incredible collection. This morning … Continue reading
Morgan’s Magnificent March from Cumberland Gap
From his perch behind miles of stout defenses in Cumberland Gap, Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan could look daily into his enemy’s camp in front of him. Strangely though, Morgan had more to worry about beyond the enemy in front … Continue reading
Kentucky’s Governor Fought and Fell at Shiloh
On February 8, 1862, Confederate generals Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, and William Hardee conferred on the most recent turn of events in the Western Theater at Beauregard’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, headquarters. Fort Henry fell to Union forces two days … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged 4th Kentucky Infantry (CSA), Albert Sidney Johnston, Alexander McCook, Battle of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, George W. Johnson, John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, P.G.T. Beauregard, Robert P. Trabue, William Hardee
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The Supposed Enigma of Isidore Francois Turgis
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was not just a hit in America, but also in France. After its publication slavery was considered a blight on history, at least in France’s liberal circles. Among those affected was Isidore Francois Turgis, … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Civilian, Western Theater
Tagged 160th Anniversary, anti-slavery, Battle of Shiloh, Catholic, chaplain, civil war politics, Confederate chaplain, Confederate veterans, Isidore Francois Turgis, Lost Cause, New Orleans, Orleans Guards, P. G. T. Beauregard, Slavery, St. Louis Cathedral, yellow fever
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