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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Fallen Leaders: The Grizzly sensed death
Hiram Burnham sensed he would not return home alive as he rejoined his command in late September 1864. He was correct — by six days. Born in Machias in Maine’s Washington County in 1813 or 1814, the physically large and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 6th Maine Infantry, Abner Knowles, Abraham Lincoln, Aikens’ Landing, Bermuda Hundred, Bloodless Aroostook War, Brian Swartz, Calais, Chaffin's Farm, Charles A. Clark, Charles A. Heckman, Charles J. Paine, Cherryfield, Cold Harbor, David B. Birney, Deep Bottom, Drury’s Bluff, Edward O. C. Ord, Elizabeth Burnham, Ellsworth American, Fallen Leaders, Fort Harrison, George J. Stannard, Harrington, Israel Washburn Jr., James H. Mundy, James Rover, Machias, Petersburg, Pine Grove Cemetery, Portland Daily Press, Robert Burnham, Varina Road, Washington County, William "Baldy" Smith, William T. H. Brooks, X Corps. XVIII Corps
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Fallen Leaders: Maine’s Hiram Berry
Haunted by a premonition, Maj. Gen. Hiram Berry recklessly exposed himself to Confederate snipers at Chancellorsville and paid the price for his carelessness. A 36-year-old Rockland (Maine) merchant in spring 1861, the physically robust Berry led the 4th Maine Infantry … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 55th New York Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry, Abner Coburn, Abraham Lincoln, Achorn Cemetery, Almira Berry, Aquia Creek, Army of the Potomac, Brian Swartz, Chancellor House, Chancellorsville, Co. A Maine State Guards, Dan Sickles, Gershom Mott, Hannibal Hamlin, Harvest Moon, Hazel Grove, Hiram Berry, J.E.B. Stuart, Jabez Greenhalgh, James D. Earle, James F. Rusling, Joe Hooker, John T. Berry, Joseph B. Carr, Joseph E. Revere, Lucy Berry, Oliver Otis Howard, Orange Plank Road, Phil Kearny, Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Portland, Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler, Rockland, Stoneman’s Switch, Thomas W. Osborn, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Washington D.C.
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A Whiff of Treason? John Hay, George B. McClellan, and the Incident with Major John J. Key
ECW welcomes guest author Alexander B. Rossino A scandalous incident occurred in Washington, D.C. soon after the end of the 1862 Maryland Campaign. In late September, Maj. John J. Key, an officer attached to the staff of general-in-chief Henry Halleck, … Continue reading
A “Dexteritous” Climb to the Top of the Capitol’s Unfinished Dome
It towered over Abraham Lincoln during his inauguration on March 4, 1861 as a fitting symbol for the task ahead of the new president and the state of the country. Unfinished but a work in progress, the construction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Lincoln, Primary Sources
Tagged 91st Pennsylvania Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Capitol, Capitol Dome, Thomas Walter, Washington DC
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Echoes of Reconstruction: E. P. Alexander in Washington and the Lincoln Assassination
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog We all know that Ulysses S. Grant gave uncommonly generous terms of surrender to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox in April, 1865. Rather than … Continue reading
WWII Burials in Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19th is the 158th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, given at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, now Gettysburg National Cemetery. Located atop Cemetery Hill in the midst of America’s bloodiest battlefield, Lincoln delivered an immortal … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: Jottings on an Execution
Walt Whitman was able, by his very presence in Union hospitals and army camps, to write about parts of the war that were little reported. Below is a description of a young Union soldier who deserted, and whom Lincoln failed … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War executions, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Antietam: A Tactical Union Victory
The Battle of Antietam was a key turning point in the American Civil War and American history. In short, it turned back Robert E. Lee’s first campaign north of the Potomac River and led to the issuance of the Preliminary—and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, antietam creek, Battle of Antietam, Battle of North Anna, Burnside Bridge, Dunker Church Plateau, Emancipation Proclamation, George B. McClellan, James Longstreet, Joseph Hooker, Middle Bridge, Pry's Ford, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days Battles, Snavely's Ford, Stephen D. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Upper Bridge
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A Chronology of the Confederacy’s 1862 Counterstrokes
Several months ago, I crossed an item off my Civil War bucket list: visiting the Perryville battlefield. While at the visitor center, I watched a video which put the Confederate invasion of Kentucky into the larger context of the war. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Baton Rouge, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Charleston, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Munfordville, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Prairie Grove, Battle of Richmond, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Braxton Bragg, Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Edmund Kirby Smith, foreign intervention, France, Francis Herron, George B. McClellan, Great Britain, Great Britain and the Civil War, Henry Halleck, James Blunt, Jefferson Davis, John Breckinridge, John Pope, Kanawha Valley Campaign, Kentucky, Lord Palmerston, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Robert E. Lee, Russia, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Hindman, William Loring, William S. Rosecrans, Winchester
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