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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Hood’s Protest and Howe Avenue
Part of a series. The Confederate offensive at Gettysburg on July 2nd was supposed to start much closer to the now-famous Peach Orchard than it actually did. Prior to cresting Warfield Ridge, one of the future jumping-off points for the Confederate offensive, First Corps commander James Longstreet was very active. Riding up to division commander […]
Read more...Hood’s “Miserbels”
Here’s a new take on “Lee’s Miserables.” Recall that Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables appeared in print in 1862 and became a favorite in Lee’s army. After its translation and publication by a Richmond firm, a “soldier edition” was distributed throughout the army in the winter of 1863-64, printed on “Confederate ‘sheep’s wool paper,’” according to […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Steve Davis and Hood’s Grand Assault at Atlanta-July 22, 1864
Steve Davis is one of the most recent additions to the Emerging Civil War stable of authors. Steve was introduced to ECW by publisher Ted Savas, as the Emerging Civil War Series looked to expand its reaches farther into the Western Theater. He is currently putting the finishing touches on two books for the series, […]
Read more...Returning Yell for Yell: The Rebel Yell’s Antebellum Origins
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Matthew Guillen. The Rebel Yell was much romanticized during and after the war. Despite the popular belief in the Yell’s death with the death of the Confederacy, it also enjoyed wide currency after the war, as discussed in Craig A. Warren’s 2014, The Rebel Yell: A Cultural […]
Read more...Reports of Hood’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated…
[Note: Last week, Steve offered new insights about the location of Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s amputated leg. Today, he follows up with more about Hood’s operation and the erroneous report that he died during surgery.] After the battle of Chickamauga, and the amputation of John Bell Hood’s right leg, a mistaken report circulated that […]
Read more...We’re Still Arguing about General Hood
No, I’m not talking about Gen. John Bell Hood’s decision to launch that tragic frontal assault at Franklin, or to entrench before Thomas’ army at Nashville, inviting disaster. I’m talking about Hood’s right leg. Go to Tunnel Hill, Georgia (north of Dalton), and you’ll hear the local legend that after his limb was amputated at […]
Read more...J.B. Polley and Hood’s Texas Brigade
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Joe Owen The enduring fame of General John Bell Hood’s Texas brigade in Civil War history was due in large part to a soldier of the Fourth Texas Infantry Regiment, Quarter Master Sergeant Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Polley. He was born near Bailey’s Prairie, Brazoria County, […]
Read more...He Had Won for Himself an Honorable Name: Brig. Gen. John Chambliss’ Untimely Death
Today, we are pleased to welcome back author Jimmy Price The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign witnessed many dark days for the Army of Northern Virginia, but one that has received scant attention is August 16, 1864. On that day, Lee’s army lost two brigadier generals. This post will briefly examine the life of Brig. Gen. John R. […]
Read more...2014 in Review: Hood on Hood
Sam Hood’s controversial biography of his ancestor, John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General, attracted a lot of attention in 2014. ECW ran a four-part series by Sam, starting on February 20, 2014, which gave the author the opportunity to talk about his quest to redeem his ancestor’s maligned reputation. […]
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