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In the “Hoofsteps” to Gettysburg: Touring the Loudoun Valley Campaign of June 1863
Of all the sites related to the Gettysburg Campaign, the sites to see in the Loudoun Valley are some of the best preserved and most beautiful places in Virginia. Though in June 1863, there was nothing pretty about thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Civil War Trails, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Aldie, Alfred Pleasonton, George Custer, Gettysburg Campaign, JEB Stuart, John S. Mosby, Loudoun Valley, Middleburg, Upperville
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The Gettysburg Campaign: Cavalry Actions in the Loudoun Valley
The coming week will commemorate the 154th anniversary of the cavalry battles of Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, all part of the Gettysburg campaign. These fights were particularly important as they were a series of engagements that kept the Federal cavalry from … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation
Tagged Aldie, Alfred Pleasonton, Daniel Butterfield, George Meade, JEB Stuart, John Buford, Last Road North, Loudoun Valley, Middleburg, Upperville
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Join three ECW contributors this weekend for a panel of young historians
The last time the Civil War earnestly visited the small Loudoun County town of Unison was Sunday, November 2, 1862. Local parishioners came together as they had many previous Sundays at Unison’s 1832 Methodist Church. With the service underway, a … Continue reading
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Monument at Aldie
Last week, I had an opportunity to stop at the Aldie battlefield in Loudoun County, Virginia. Fought on June 17, 1863, it was the first of three clashes in the Loudoun Valley as Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton … Continue reading
A Sharpshooter’s Postscript to Gettysburg Part 3: Two Armies March to Very Different Drummers
Today we are pleased to welcome back Rob Wilson Part of a series Following the Battle of Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac traveled on roughly parallel routes south to Williamsport, Maryland. Not only … Continue reading
“Some of the Hardest Fighting of the War”: Alfred Pleasonton and J.E.B Stuart at Brandy Station
Conclusion of a series The blue troopers were puzzled as they made their way to the north bank of the Rappahannock River at Beverly Ford. For the past fourteen hours, they had engaged the Confederate cavalry in the open countryside … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Alfred Pleasonton, Brandy Station, David Gregg, Fleetwood Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, John Buford, Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, St. James Church, Yellow Tavern
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“Some of the Hardest Fighting of the War”: Alfred Pleasonton and J.E.B. Stuart at Brandy Station
Part two in a series The first week of June 1863 saw Gen. Robert E. Lee begin to withdraw his infantry from their lines at Fredericksburg and head west toward the Shenandoah Valley. Lee was embarking on his second invasion … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 4th Virginia Cavalry, 6th Virginia Cavalry, 8th Illinois, 8th New York, Alfred Duffie, Alfred Pleasonton, Benjamin "Grimes" Davis, Beverly Ford, David Gregg, Fleetwood Hill, Gettysburg Campaign, J.E.B. Stuart, John Buford, Joseph Hooker, Kelly's Ford, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee, St. James Church, Wade Hampton, Wesley Merritt, William "Grumble" Jones
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“Some of the Hardest Fighting of the War”: Alfred Pleasonton and J.E.B. Stuart at Brandy Station
Part one in a series 153 years ago this week, Union and Confederate cavalry clashed across the fields and rolling hills of Culpeper County. Deriving its name from a nearby hamlet and train stop along the Orange and Alexandria railroad, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 1st U.S. Cavalry, 1st Virginia Cavalry, 2nd U.S. Dragoons, Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Brandy Station, Chancellorsville, First Manassas, Fredericksburg, George Stoneman, Gettysburg Campaign, J.E.B. Stuart, Joseph Hooker, Maj. Henry McClellan, Second Manassas, Seven Days Battles, Stonewall Jackson
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part four in a series In part three of this series, we examined the question of how George G. Meade’s operational orders and the logistical challenges forged by the atrocious weather affected the Army of the Potomac’s pursuit of the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Alexander Hays, Alfred Pleasonton, Andrew Humphreys, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Benjamin Wade, George Custer, George Meade, George Sykes, Governeur Warren, Henry Heth, Henry Slocum, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, John Newton, John Sedgwick, Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War, Judson Kilpatrick, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Theodore Lyman, William French, Williamsport, XI Corps, XII Corps
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