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Tag Archives: Abner Doubleday
To Spurn the Southern Scum? Union Soldier Motivation to Liberate Maryland in September 1862
Accounts abound of Union officers exhorting their men during the Battle of Gettysburg to fight ferociously as if the safety of their loved ones and their homes depended on it. On July 1, 1863, retreating Union cavalrymen passed through the … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Common Soldier
Tagged 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, 56th Pennsylvania Infantry, 66th Ohio Infantry, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 8th Ohio Infantry, Abner Doubleday, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Frederick Maryland, George B. McClellan, Maryland, Maryland Campaign 1862, Rockville Maryland, Thomas Rowley
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Baseball In The Blue And Gray (Part 2)
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Michael Aubrecht for Part 2 of his article. (You can find Part 1 here.) It has been disputed for decades whether Union General Abner Doubleday was in fact the “father of the modern game.” … Continue reading
Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Monterrey, pt. 3
The past two days of action had led to this moment. Locked in combat on Sept. 21 and 22, the Mexican and American armies in Monterrey prepared for the final day of fighting. For Zachary Taylor, his lackluster decisions had … Continue reading
Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Capture of James Archer
Part of a Series. Brigadier General James J. Archer was a brave and tough commander, with the appropriate nickname “The Little Gamecock”. Archer was a graduate of Princeton University, who had received a commission to the rank of Captain during … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Dennis Dailey, Edward McPherson, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Heth, Henry Morrow, Herbst Woods, James Archer, Lutheran Theological Seminary, McPherson Farm, Patrick Maloney, Solomon Meredith, William Gamble
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The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg: Part Two
The Conclusion of a Series The Army of the Potomac benefited greatly early on July 1st due to the fact that no high ranking Confederate officer seemed to want to take control of the fight. Division commander Henry Heth has … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns
Tagged 2nd Mississippi, 55th North Carolina, 6th Wisconsin, 84th New York, 95th New York, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Belo, Battle of Gettysburg, Fight Like the Devil, Francis Waller, Hall's Battery, Henry Heth, Iron Brigade, John Blair, Joseph Davis, Lysander Cutler, McPherson Ridge, Medal of Honor, Railroad Cut at Gettysburg, Rufus Dawes, The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg
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The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg: Part One
Part One in a Series On the morning of July 1st, 1863, Union and Confederate soldiers made their way towards the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. Three full days of viscous fighting were touched off three miles to the west … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns
Tagged 147th New York, 2nd Maine Battery, 2nd Mississippi, 42nd Mississippi, 55th North Carolina, 56th Pennsylvania, 76th New York, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Belo, Andrew Grover, Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Charles Veil, First Volley at Gettysburg, Francis Miller, Herbst Woods, Iron Brigade, James Archer, James Wadsworth, Jefferson Davis, John Connally, John Reynolds, John WIlliam Hoffman, Joseph Davis, Lysander Cutler, Sheads Woods, The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg
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Class of 1842
When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George H. Gordon, George McClellan, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans
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“If You Have Any Orders to Give Me, I am Prepared to Receive and Obey Them”: The Command Struggles of Gen. George Meade, September 1863-March 1864 (part II)
The second in a two-part series During the Bristoe Station Campaign, George Gordon Meade believed that Lee had been the superior general. “I am free to admit that in the playing of it he has got the advantage of me,” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Station, Culpepper, Dan Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, Edwin Stanton, George Gordon Meade, Gideon Welles, Gouverneur K. Warren, Henry Halleck, Joe Hooker, Joint Committee, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Lincoln, meade, meade-orders-to-give-me, Mine Run, Rappahannock Station
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“I Am Not Glad To See You By a Damned Sight.”
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.“ James Jay Archer the lifelong bachelor born at Stafford near Havre de Grace in northeastern Maryland on December 19, 1817 came from a military family. The apple did not … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Gettysburg, Fort Delaware, James J. Archer, Johnson Island, Maryland, Robert E. Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Stonewall Jackson, Willoughby Run
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Drawing the War, Part 6: Paul Philippoteaux
Part six in a series. The original inspiration for this series of articles was a piece Chris Mackowski wrote earlier for ECW about his daughter and a picture by nineteenth century artist Paul Philippoteaux. The article made me think, again, about how … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, drawing-the-war, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Cyclorama, John Gibbon, Oliver Otis Howard, Paul Philippoteaux, Pickett's Charge, Richard Neutra, Thomas Nast, William Tipton, Winfield Scott Hancock, Winslow Homer, Zeigler's Grove
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