Tag Archives: Alexander Webb

Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part one)

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

(part one in a series) In my capacity as historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield, I recently did some work to pin down the approximate location where IX Corps division commander Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson … Continue reading →

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Battle of Bristoe Station: A New Era in the Army of the Potomac

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Kevin Pawlak

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Shaara wrote in Killer Angels of the Army of the Potomac on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg: it was the “last of the great volunteer armies, for the draft is beginning that summer in … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading →

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Drawing the War, Part 6: Paul Philippoteaux

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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