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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Huamantla
After almost a month of siege, the American garrison inside the city of Puebla still held on. They continued to resist Mexican attacks, but their situation was growing dire. Help, though, was on its way. Brigadier Gen. Joseph Lane’s brigade … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged A.P. Hill, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Battle of Huamantla, Joseph Lane, Mexican War, Mexican-American War 170th, Mexico City, Samuel Colt, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Samuel Walker, Siege of Puebla, Texas Rangers, Thomas Childs, Walker Colt Pistol
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Mexican-American War 170th: Siege of Puebla
Ever since Winfield Scott had left the city of Puebla in August, 1847, the American garrison inside the city had tangled with Mexican guerrilla fighters. The Mexican irregulars attacked the cattle pens, and took pot shots at the American soldiers … Continue reading
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 20, 1862
The day began with Confederate soldiers, led by A.P. Hill’s Division, advancing back to Boteler’s Ford downstream from Shepherdstown, ordered there because of the alarm Pendleton created the previous night that crossing Federals captured all of his 44 guns (in … Continue reading
Malvern Hill: A Victory With The Look And Feel Of Defeat
ECW welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson “I have supped full with horrors. Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts Cannot once start me.” — William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5, Line 13-15 The Army of the Potomac emerged the clear … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Campaign Begins
By the time the Gettysburg campaign began 154 years ago tomorrow, Robert E. Lee, vaunted commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, had been preparing his army for weeks. Lee had much to do. Following the army’s victory at Chancellorsville … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged A.P. Hill, Battle of Brandy Station, Brandy Station Virginia, cavalry, Culpeper, Culpeper Court House, Culpeper Virginia, General Joseph Hooker, Gettysburg Campaign, James Longstreet, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign
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Civil War Echoes: O Canada!
With the recent controversy involving O Canada in the NBA news, it might be of interest to our readers to note that the song is an echo of the Civil War. The song itself dates from 1880, when it was commissioned … Continue reading
Congress Considers Expanding Antietam NB to Include Shepherdstown
ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Kevin Pawlak, author of Shepherdstown in the Civil War. Congress is currently considering a proposal to change the boundaries of Antietam National Battlefield to include Shepherdstown. Pawlak has been deeply involved in the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged 118th Pennsylvania, A.P. Hill, Antietam, Antietam National Battlefield, Boteler's Ford, Charles Prevost, Congress, Fitz John Porter, George B. McClellan, John Francis Shaffner, Kevin Pawlak, Light Division, Maryland Campaign 1862, National Park Service, Preservation, Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association, Sherpherdstown
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Bury These Men: Lee and Hill at Bristoe Station
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Bill Backus. Perhaps the most famous incident from the Battle of Bristoe Station was the rebuke Robert E. Lee gave to A.P. Hill after both surveyed the human wreckage after the disastrous … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged A.P. Hill, Armistead Long, Army of Northern Virginia, Bristoe Station, Henry Heth, Jedediah Hotchkiss, Louisiana Tigers, Robert E. Lee, William Poague, William Seymour
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Distracted
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Mike Block Distracted. I don’t believe the words “Stonewall Jackson” and “distracted” have been used in the same sentence. So, it might come as a surprise when I state that Stonewall Jackson … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged A.P. Hill, Charles Winder, John Pope, Richard Ewell, Richard Garnett, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
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Name Change for A.P. Hill Elementary School?
Ambrose Powell Hill has a secure enough legacy. The general is buried under his own monument which towers above the Hermitage-Labernum intersection in Richmond, placed there by major-turned-developer Lewis Ginter to promote a new residential neighborhood. Three markers denote where … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged A.P. Hill, A.P. Hill Elementary School, education, Petersburg, segregation
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