Tag Archives: 10th New York Infantry

The Most Devastating Confederate Attack?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Bert Dunkerly

Chancellorsville is often seen as one of the Army of Northern Virginia’s greatest attacks, achieving a victory against overwhelming odds, yet I would argue that rivaling that is the one launched on the third day of fighting at Second Manassas. … Continue reading →

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Fighting on the Same Ground: The 10th New York Infantry at Gaines’s Mill and Cold Harbor

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Edward S. Alexander

Civil War soldiers oftentimes found themselves marching and fighting on the same battlefield multiple times. Veteran members of the 10th New York Infantry have a distinction of attacking the exact spot they had defended two years prior, both times as … Continue reading →

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The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part four)

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Kristopher D. White

Part four of a series. Desertion and “Demagogues”  Desertion was also a disease in the army, though of a different kind. With Hooker assuming command the army officially went into winter camp. Morale was still dangerously low and homesickness was a real … Continue reading →

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Sketches from the Shenandoah: James Taylor’s Scrapbook

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Daniel Davis

In the collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio rests With Sheridan Up the Shenandoah Valley. Leaves from a Special Artist’s Sketch Book and Diary. As the title implies, it is a book of incredibly realistic sketches and … Continue reading →

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