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Tag Archives: Army of Northern Virginia
Playing the numbers: Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and Maryland in 1862
The Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland on September 4, 1862, embarking on what history has come to call The Antietam (or Sharpsburg) Campaign. In three months, since Lee took command outside Richmond, he had won … Continue reading
The Next Stonewall? Ewell and the Second Battle of Winchester, Part 1
Richard S. Ewell may be one of the Confederacy’s overlooked and overshadowed infantry corps commanders. By the time he took over the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, there were big boots to fill; following in “Stonewall” Jackson’s footsteps was … Continue reading
Florida’s Irish General
When the words “Irish” and “Confederate general” are spoken most students of the war immediately think of Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, the “Stonewall of the West” who was killed in action at the Battle of Franklin in November 1864. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Symposium
Tagged 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium, Alfred H. Colquitt, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Olustee, Cold Habor, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Florida Brigade, Florida Civil War, irish, Joseph Finegan, Phill Greenwalt, Truman Seymour
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“Six Days in September”: Author Alexander Rossino Adds His Voice
I interviewed Ted Savas, publisher of Alexander Rossino’s fiction work Six Days in September. At that time Alex Rossino graciously offered the opportunity for an interview. Time is a slippery fish, and sometimes it gets away from me, but finally, I … Continue reading
Preservation News: June 1, 1864 at Cold Harbor
Recently the Civil War Trust announced an effort to preserve land related to the June 1, 1864 fighting at Cold Harbor. This combat has often been overshadowed by the Union assault which took place there on June 3. Cold Harbor … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged 121st New York, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 51st North Carolina, 5th Maine, 95th Pennsylvania, 96th Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Spotsylvania, Elisha Kellogg, Emory Upton, Horatio Wright, Mule Shoe Salient, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Hoke, Thomas Clingman, Ulysses S. Grant, William "Baldy" Smith, XVIII Corps
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The Woundings of Jackson and Longstreet
The circumstances were eerily similar: both Confederate lieutenant generals had led successful flank attacks through the dark, close woods of the Wilderness when they were accidentally shot by their own men. For both Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, it seemed … Continue reading
A Confederate at Antietam
You never know what you will find in an archival collection. Back in June, I spent a day at Emory University, digging through their vast Civil War holdings, much of which were collected by the late (and great) Bell I. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Primary Sources
Tagged Antietam, Army of Northern Virginia, battle, soldier letters
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“I Intend to the Make the Yankees Pay”: J.E.B. Stuart’s Operations in August 1862
Part one in a series James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart was one of the Confederacy’s emerging stars in the summer of 1862. A Major General at 29, Stuart headed the cavalry division in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged "Ride Around McClellan", 1st U.S. Cavalry, 1st Virginia Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Beverly Robertson, First Manassas, Fitzhugh Lee, John Pope, Robert E. Lee, Second Manassas Campaign, Wade Hampton
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