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Michigan’s Spartans Go to War: The Class of 1861
ECW welcomes back guest author Adam Burke In 1855 the state of Michigan established the State Agricultural College in Lansing, MI. Today the institution is known as Michigan State University and boasts a beautiful and well landscaped 5,000 acre campus, … Continue reading
Unwritten History: Who Shot J.E.B. Stuart?
Yellow Tavern is an engagement that continues to interest me. Although much of the battlefield has been obliterated by modern development, traces of it still remain and like many other battles, so do unanswered questions. The regimental alignment of Brig. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1st Michigan Cavalry, 1st Vermont Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 7th Michigan Cavalry, Alfred Gibbs, Baltimore Light Artillery, Battle of Yellow Tavern, Captain William Griffin, George A. Custer, J.E.B. Stuart, John Huff, Lunsford Lomax, Philip Sheridan, Russel Alger, Thomas Devin, Williams C. Wickham
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“Generally Tore Things Up”: George Custer Visits Beaver Dam Station
Early last month, my wife and I visited my sister and brother-in-law and our new niece in Richmond. On the drive south, we decided to visit Beaver Dam Station, a wartime stop on the Virginia Central Railroad. During the Overland … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 5th Michigan Cavalry, 7th Michigan Cavalry, Beaver Dam Station, George Custer, J.E.B. Stuart, Maj. Melvin Brewer, Michigan Cavalry Brigade, Phillip Sheridan, Robert Wallace
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“Come on You Wolverines”: Remembering the Fight at East Cavalry Field
Today, East Cavalry Field is a relatively quiet place on an otherwise busy battlefield. I have been there many times and often spending a few hours on each visit. It is indeed rare to encounter anyone there, compared to the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 13th Virginia Cavalry, 14th Virginia Cavalry, 16th Virginia Cavalry, 1st Michigan Cavalry, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, 1st Virginia Cavalry, 34th Virginia Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 7th Michigan Cavalry, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Alanson Randol, Alexander Pennington, Batteries E/G 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery M 2nd U.S. Artillery, Charlottesville Horse Artillery, Cress' Ridge, David M. Gregg, Fitzhugh Lee, George Custer, high water mark, J.E.B. Stuart, Jeff Davis Legion, John Chambliss, John McIntosh, Little Round Top, Michigan Cavalry Brigade, Purnell Legion, Vincent Witcher, Wade Hampton, Yellow Tavern
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