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Tag Archives: Battle of Belmont
Saving History Saturday: Four Battlefields Targeted for Preservation
The American Battlefield Trust announced this week that they are working to save battlefields in four states, including their first ever effort in Ohio. The Buffington Island Battlefield is the site of one of only two battles that took place … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Preservation
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Belmont, Battle of Upperville, Battle of Vicksburg, Buffington Island, Chickasaw Bayou, General Grant, J.E.B. Stuart, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Saving History Saturday
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Rolling on the River: Civil War Brown-Water Navies
A blue-coated rider appeared atop the riverbank above the bow of the steamer Belle Memphis. Rebels massed in the cornfield behind him discharged volleys that whistled by the horseman, whanged through the tall smokestacks, and thudded into the vessel’s superstructure. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Navies, Western Theater
Tagged Andrew H. Foote, Battle of Belmont, Brown-water Navy, Charles Davis, Columbus Kentucky, Columbus-Belmont State Park, Commander Henry Walke, David D. Porter, General William T. Sherman, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Squadron, Riverine Warfare, Ulysses S. Grant, USS Lexington, USS Tyler
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The Battle of Belmont as Told in a Comic Strip
The University of the South has digitized the Polk Family Papers. While going there to find something related to Shiloh (there was not much but it’s a hard site to use) I came upon a comic strip titled Under the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Newspapers
Tagged Battle of Belmont, Civil War in Pop Culture, comic book, Newspapers
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Town Between the Rivers: Cairo, Illinois
A blue-coated rider appeared atop the riverbank above the steamer Belle Memphis. Rebels massed in the cornfield behind him fired volleys that whistled by the horseman, whanged through the tall smokestacks, and thudded into the vessel’s superstructure. Hundreds of Iowa … Continue reading
The Bluffs at Columbus, Kentucky
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Katy Berman The Columbus-Belmont State Park, located in western Kentucky, commemorates the Battle of Belmont, which was fought in Missouri. The great guns of Columbus were used to advantage during the fight, but Union … Continue reading
The Falling Out Between John McClernand and Ulysses S. Grant
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Sean Michael Chick Butler, Banks, Sigel, McClernand. These are just the most infamous of the “political generals” of the American Civil War. The four named here are usually considered military incompetents, their … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Battle of Belmont, Benjamin Butler, Elihu Washburne, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Franz Sigel, Henry Halleck, John McClernand, Nathaniel Banks, Shiloh, U.S. Grant
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