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From the Gold Rush of California To the Fields of Third Winchester
Another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” This post is part of the 150th Annviesrary of the Battle of Third Winchester coverage here on Emerging Civil War. Archibald Campbell Godwin forever associated in Civil War history with his North Carolinian’s, was actually not a Tar Heel himself. Born in 1831–even Ezra Warner does not list […]
Read more...“He Was Decidedly the Best General Officer From Our State”
Another installment of the “Tales From the Tombstone” series in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the Overland Campaign Hailing from Halifax, North Carolina, miles from the Virginia-North Carolina border, Junius Daniel led a privileged life. Hailing from a distinguished family–maternal side from an old Virginia family and father from a wealthy and politically active […]
Read more...Death of Jenkins
Another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the actual event. A product of Edisto Island, South Carolina and a graduate of The Citadel, Micah Jenkins was a product of the wealthy South Carolina Low Country. Like more recognizable Confederate military leaders, Jenkins also swore off alcohol […]
Read more...“Old One Wing”
Another installment of the series “Tales From the Tombstone” At the Battle of Churubusco on August 20, 1847, during the attack on the Franciscan Convent that was the focal point of the Mexican defenses there, one of the artillery battery’s commanders was struck in the right arm by grapeshot. The arm shattered, the brave young […]
Read more...“I shall come out of this fight a live major general or a dead brigadier.”
Another installment in the series “Tales from the Tombstone” Unfortunately, the Confederate officer who made the statement in the title died shortly after making it, pierced by seven bullets when leading a counterattack at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864. The officer’s name? Abner Monroe Perrin, South Carolinian by birth, hailed from […]
Read more...“I Am Not Glad To See You By a Damned Sight.”
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.“ James Jay Archer the lifelong bachelor born at Stafford near Havre de Grace in northeastern Maryland on December 19, 1817 came from a military family. The apple did not fall too far from the tree. Although, educated for the law in which he attended […]
Read more...From the Stone Wall to a Shad Bake
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.” George Edward Pickett was ecstatic on the morning of July 3, 1863. His division, which had missed the fighting at Chancellorsville in May and had been way in the rear during the first two days at Gettysburg, was about to lead the decisive charge on […]
Read more...“Either a Traitor or the Most Incompetent Officer in the Confederacy”
This is another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series John Clifford Pemberton, to Civil War enthusiasts, conjures up one word: Vicksburg. On July 4, 1863, the Confederate lieutenant general surrendered the “Gibraltar of the West.” With the loss of Vicksburg, including the approximately 30,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered, the mighty Mississippi River now flowed […]
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