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Tag Archives: 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Recap
The 150th anniversary of Gettysburg brought a flurry of posts to the Emerging Civil War blog. Over the last two weeks, our authors have offered many different perspectives on the battle, its consequences, and its significance. We’ll have more coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged 140th Pennsylvania, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Chattanooga, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, Civil War turning points, Culp's Hill, Daniel Davis, George "Maryland" Steuart, George Armstrong Custer, Gettysburg, Gettysburg memory, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Kathleen Logothetis, Kris White, Maryland, Meg Thompson, Phill Greenwalt, Pickett's Charge, prelude-to-a-star, reactions to Gettysburg, reactions to Vicksburg, Richard Ewell, Stony Hill, These Honored Dead, Tom Desjardin, Tullahoma Campaign, turning point, Vicksburg, William Faulkner
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“On Swept the Gallant Little Brigade”
Part Two Sleep did not come easily for any of Steuart’s men on the slopes of Culp’s Hill. At 1:00 a.m. “we were awakened…by the advance of a column of Yankees, but a volley from our line caused them to … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged 10th Virgini, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st Maryland CSA, 1st North Carolina, 23rd Virginia, 37th Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Alpheus Williams, Battle of Gettysburg, Brigadier General Thomas Kane, Colonel Charles Candy, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George Steuart, Henry Slocum, John Bell Hood, John Geary, Richard Ewell, Seminary Ridge
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500 yards
Part one in series The attack started late in the afternoon of July 2nd. Approximately 2,100 men from three Virginia regiments, two from North Carolina, and a battalion of Marylanders charged up the hill. Overlapping the enemy flank, the charge … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 10th Virginia, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st North Carolina Infantry, 23rd Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Ambrose Wright, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George S. Greene, George Steuart, Maryland, Randolph McKim, Richard Ewell, W.W> Goldsborough
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