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Maine at War August 2022 blog posts
In August 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a dentist who assumed new wartime vocations to a recent Strong Vincent biography and a particular company of nine-month soldiers who served well at Port Hudson. August 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
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That Other Cavalry Guy: Benjamin H. Grierson
April is a significant month in Civil War history. Some argue that the war both began and ended in Aprils four years apart. Lincoln was assassinated in April. The war’s first really bloody battle—the foreshadowing of what was to come—occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baton Rouge, Ben Grierson, cavalry, Grierson's Raid, Vicksburg Campaign
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“You can do a great deal in eight days”: Ulysses S. Grant’s Forgotten Turning Point (part two)
Part two of two With an escort of twenty cavalrymen, Ulysses S. Grant rode on the evening of May 3, 1863, into the newly captured town Grand Gulf, Mississippi. He passed the now-abandoned Confederate forts, Cobun and Wade, and made … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Navies, Western Theater
Tagged a-great-deal-in-eight-days, Baton Rouge, Brad Gottfried, Civil War turning points, David Porter, Grand Gulf, Hankerson's Ferry, Henry Halleck, Milliken's Bend, Nathaniel Banks, Parker Hills, Port Gibson, Port Hudson, Turning Points of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Vicksburg Campaign
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Sarah Morgan Dawson: A Unique Case Study in Southern Nationalism
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Ashley Webb. As a social historian, I love reading detailed diary entries that capture a single moment in time. Diaries provide an intimate glimpse into an author’s thoughts and feelings, as … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Baton Rouge, U.S.S. Brooklyn
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