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Tag Archives: Alfred Iverson
Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg on the First Day Battlefield
The battle had been waging west of the small Pennsylvania town for several hours. Brig. Gen. John Buford’s Federal cavalry had slowly been falling back, eastward, from north-south ridge to north-south ridge. Buford’s men were not looking to win this … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Alfred Iverson, Battle of Gettysburg, battlefield preservation, Buford at Gettysburg, Cavalry at Gettysburg, Civil War Trust, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, John Reynolds, McPherson Ridge, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Preservation, Robert Rodes
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Six
Part Six in a Series The Destruction of a Tar Heel Brigade Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson was a Georgia native, who was today leading four North Carolina regiments to battle. The men of Iverson’s brigade were veteran fighters, who outwardly … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 20th North Carolina, 23rd North Carolina, 5th North Carolina, 97th New York, Alfred Iverson, Col. Daniel H. Christie, Edward O'Neal, Forney Farm, Henry Baxter, John Robinson, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Robert Rodes, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Four
Part Four in a Series Rodes on Oak Hill: The lead elements of the Confederate Second Corps arrived in the area of Oak Hill a prominence on the first day battlefield that overlooks the McPherson Farm (nearly one mile to … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Alfred Iverson, Battle of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Cobean Farm, D.H. Hill, Edward O'Neal, Forney Farm, Forney Woods, James Power Smith, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, John Forney, Junius Daniel, Keckler's Hill, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Richard Ewell, Robert Rodes, Samuel Cobean, Stonewall Jackson, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Four
Part four in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 11th Corps, 12th Connecticut, 12th Corps, Alfred Iverson, Alpheus Williams, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Braxton Bragg, Carl Schurz, Daniel Harvey Hill, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Fort Doneslson, Fort Henry, Fredericksburg, Henry Halleck, Iron Brigade, John Sherman, Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rafferty, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, William Wing Loring
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The Rashness of that Hour: Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate General Alfred Iverson
Review: Wynstra, Robert, J. The Rashness of that Hour, Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson. Savas Beatie LLC; El Dorado Hills, CA, 2010. Pp. X, 408. ISBN 978-1-93271-88-3. Hardcover. $32.95. On July 1, 1863, the Battle … Continue reading
