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Lee’s Ill-Timed Rest
Historians often say that one of Lee’s greatest talents as a commander was his ability to read his opponents and divine their intentions. I call it “Lee’s superpower.” While evidence supports that idea through 1863, Grant’s appearance in the spring of 1864 threw that record into disarray. Grant befuddled Lee time and time again. On […]
Read more...On the Road to Guiney Station
You’re trying to burn down my house, the old codger snapped. Ulysses S. Grant looked up from his cigar. Its ashy tip had just flaked off into a small pile onto the floor of the porch where he sat. His aide, Capt. Horace Porter, sat with him. They’d been marching all day and had stopped […]
Read more...Eye of the Storm
In the photograph, Ulysses S. Grant stands behind a bench, back to the camera, leaning over the shoulder of his top subordinate, George Gordon Meade. Neither of their faces are visible, but I image the strain of the last two weeks wears on them like threadbare blankets. It’s May 21, 1864, and the Federal army […]
Read more...Follow the Overland Campaign with the Emerging Civil War Series
Follow the Overland Campaign with the Emerging Civil War Book Series, from Savas Beatie, LLC. No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4-June 13, 1864 By: Robert M. Dunkerly, Donald C. Pfanz, and David R. Ruth “There will be no turning back,” said Lt. Gen. […]
Read more...My Own Spotsy Battlefield
Not many people get to own a piece of battlefield, but last month, I was fortunate enough to marry into a family that does. And it wasn’t just any battlefield—it’s the battlefield I am best acquainted with and most deeply attached to: Spotsylvania Court House. My family’s property, Stevenson Ridge, sits adjacent to the core […]
Read more...Forgotten Casualty: James Longstreet Wounded in the Wilderness: Part Two
Authored by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White: Click here to read part one in this series. “In the shaded light of the dense tangle, a shot or two went off, then more, and finally a strong fusillade,” said Sorrel, who was riding next to Longstreet. Hardly had the sound of cheering died away from […]
Read more...Wounding of James Longstreet: Part Two
Part two in a series. -Authored by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White.- “In the shaded light of the dense tangle, a shot or two went off, then more, and finally a strong fusillade,” said Sorrel, who was riding next to Longstreet. Hardly had the sound of cheering died away from Jenkins’s men, Dawson recalled, […]
Read more...An Interview with Daniel Davis and Phillip Greenwalt
An Interview with Daniel Davis and Phillip Greenwalt, authors of Hurricane from the Heavens: The Battle of Cold Harbor, May 26–June 5, 1864 (Interview Courtesy of Savas Beatie, LLC) Q: Why did you decide to write the book? PG: Cold Harbor is the end of the Overland Campaign, the final engagement between Grant and Lee […]
Read more...A Peek at No Turning Back
I wrapped up work this week on the latest title in the Emerging Civil War book series and got it shipped off to the printer. No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign by Robert “Bert” Dunkerly, Don Pfanz, and Dave Ruth follows in the footsteps of Ulysses S. Grant, from the banks of […]
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