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Tag Archives: Army of the Potomac
Lost Battlefields: Seven Pines, Part 1
In a series of articles author Doug Crenshaw will explore some of the battlefields in central Virginia that appear to be lost forever to development. In today’s installment, Doug looks at the Battlefield of Seven Pines. I hear it all too often: … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, Joseph Johnston, Seven Pines
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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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In the Wake of Vicksburg, U. S. Grant as Commander of the Army of the Potomac?
By early August, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant had settled into administrative routine following the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi—but Grant wasn’t one to sit idle long. He had set his eye on Mobile, Alabama, which he was “very anxious to take” … Continue reading
New Research on Lincoln, Elmer Ellsworth, and the First Federal Militias
Within a week of taking the presidential oath, Mr. Lincoln wrote Secretary of War Simon Cameron regarding his young friend, Elmer Ellsworth: You will favor me by issuing an order detailing Lieut. Ephraim E Ellsworth, of the First Dragoons, for … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Mexican War, Personalities, Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged 1860 Inauguration, Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Chicago Zouave Cadets, Col. Elmer Ellsworth, Gen. Charles P. Stone, Gen. Winfield Scott. Washington militias, Lincoln
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Lost Opportunities in the Army of the Potomac—A Pair of Examples
Army management is a complicated skill in which the personality and temperament of commanders influence the inner workings and culture of the organization. The Union had no army which was as political, and influenced by outside politics, as its primary … Continue reading
Book Review: “Confederate Waterloo: The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 and the Controversy that Brought Down a General”
It is difficult to choose a dissertation topic in military history, especially about the American Civil War. No matter how good an idea seems at first, a little digging around and one finds that others have also been intrigued by … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Confederate Waterloo, Gouverneur Warren, Memory, Michael McCarthy, Phil Sheridan. Battle of Five Forks, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Court of Inquiry
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My Favorite Historical Person: General Philip Kearny
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Frank Jastrzembski My first knowledge of General Kearny came about ten years ago, around the age of nineteen. My grandmother purchased for me a reissued copy of Ezra J. Warner’s excellent Generals in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Mexican War, Personalities
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Battle of Churubusco, Battle of Solferino, chivalry ideals, favorite historical person, favorite17, Franklin Pierce, Leadership, Legion of Honor, Peninsula Campaign, Philip Kearney, Robert E. Lee, What if?
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ECW Digital Shorts: The Long Encampment at Seven Pines by Robert Dunkerly
The latest Emerging Civil War Digital Short is now available in the wake of the anniversary of the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines. The Long Encampment at Seven Pines, June 2-28, 1862 by Robert M. Dunkerly tells the story of … Continue reading
We Happy Few…
Here’s a little curtain-raiser for Battle Above the Clouds. In September 1863, United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton initiated one of the more remarkable troop movements of the American Civil War. Stanton, alarmed by the recent Union defeat at … Continue reading
