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Tag Archives: Benjamin Butler
Occupied Cities of the South: New Orleans
Part of a Series New Orleans was the sixth-largest city in the United States during the years leading up to the American Civil War. With a population exceeding 100,000 residents, the port city was easily the largest in the South. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged Benjamin Butler, Civil War Civilians, homefront, New Orleans, Occupied-Cities-of-the-South, southern women
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Farragut vs. Port Hudson
In April 1862 Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut took a fleet past Forts Jackson and St. Philip. His passage of the forts led to the fall of New Orleans and made Farragut the darling of the Northern press. In March … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Navies
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Benjamin Butler, George Dewey, Nathaniel Banks, Port Hudson, Red River
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Forts: Fury at Fort Harrison
General Grant needed a good idea… To his utter astonishment Ben Butler had one! During July and August of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant was trying to find a way to either get Robert E. Lee out of his fortifications that … Continue reading
December 2021 Maine at War blog posts
In December, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a little-known Mainer with a famous name to women overlooked by history’s focus on soldiers and their battles. December 1, 2021: Scarborough’s Hiram Berry fought in Louisiana and Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 14th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, Bangor, Benjamin Butler, Brian Swartz, Camp Berry, Cape Elizabeth, Daily Whig & Courier, Eastern Argus, Edith Storey, Edward A. Scammon, Eliza Merrill Parcher, Fredericksburg, Hiram Berry, John D. Rust, Maine at War, Matilda Saxton, Morris C. Berry, Penobscot River, Phil Sheridan, Port Royal Island, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Rufus Saxton, Saco, Samuel Franklyn Parcher, Samuel Parcher, Scarborough, The New South, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William B. Franklin
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Memorials and Memory on a French Quarter Dog Walk
My wife and I, along with our spunky mutt Mouton (named after General Jean-Jacques-Alfred- Alexandre Mouton), spent the week before Christmas 2021 in New Orleans. My younger sister got married that week and we were sure to not miss out. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments
Tagged Andrew Jackson, Battle of Liberty Place, Beauregard Monument, Benjamin Butler, David Farragut, Fall of New Orleans, Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Homer Plessy, Jean-Jacques-Alfred-Alexandre Mouton, Jefferson Davis statue, New Orleans, Plessy v. Ferguson, Robert E. Lee statue, Slave trade, Solomon Northup, Washington Artillery, William Mumford
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“The Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Grant’s Left Hook
Writing Grant’s Left Hook was unlike anything I had done before or since. It started out as an attempt to update the scholarship and combine the best of what William Glenn Robertson and Herbert M. Schiller had done before in … Continue reading
Purge of the Second Louisiana Native Guards
Sometimes courage and leadership among military officers lies not in leading a battlefield charge, but challenging injustice directly. Such leadership occurred by the line officers of the Louisiana Native Guards, the largest concentration of African American military officers in the … Continue reading
Petersburg Day Three: Friday, June 17, 1864
George Meade’s June 17 battle plan conformed to Francis Barlow’s suggestion for hitting the flank. The proposed attack would be carried out by Ambrose Burnside’s IX Corps, namely the divisions led by Robert Potter and James H. Ledlie. Potter had … Continue reading
Grant’s Left Hook by Sean Michael Chick Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the release of the latest book in the Emerging Civil War Series: Grant’s Left Hook: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 5-June 7, 1864, by Sean Michael Chick, published by Savas Beatie (and available here). This is … Continue reading
