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Tag Archives: Bushrod Johnson
The 47th Tennessee Infantry at Shiloh
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the American Civil War, Don Carlos Buell’s arrival at Shiloh with over 15,000 men, stands as the most famous reinforcement of the war. Its importance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 12th Tennessee Infantry, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta, Benjamin Cheatham, Bentonville, Bushrod Johnson, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Franklin, Jonesboro, Leonidas Polk, Nashville, Peachtree Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Prestpn Smith, Shiloh, Stones River, Ulysses S. Grant
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The Dismissal of Bushrod Johnson, the Confederacy’s Luckless Ohioan
Ohio-born Confederate General Bushrod Johnson was not a man to know much luck. He had been forced to resign from the Old Army during the Mexican War to avoid scandal; he went on to teach at the Western Military Institute … Continue reading
The Downfall of a Federal Corps Commander: Warren-Sheridan and the Five Forks Controversy: Part Three
Part Three in a Series. On March 25, 1865 Robert E. Lee launched his last true offensive of the war, and in reality the only true offensive he undertook during the Siege of Petersburg. The Battle of Fort Stedman placed … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Bushrod Johnson, Charles Griffin, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, George Custer, George G. Meade, George Pickett, Gouverneur K. Warren, Gravelly Run, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Phil Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Romeyn Ayres, Samuel Crawford, Siege of Petersburg, Spotsylvania, The Downfall of a Federal Corps Commander: Warren-Sheridan and the Five Forks Controversy, Thomas Munford, Ulysses S. Grant, White Oak Road
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