Tag Archives: Camp Chase

Benjamin F. Kelley’s Confederate Kinfolk

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Jon-Erik Gilot

General Benjamin F. Kelley doesn’t get a lot of attention in Civil War historiography. His military career was primarily confined to western Maryland and West Virginia, where he spent the war years dueling with the likes of Mosby, McCausland, Imboden, … Continue reading →

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Ending The War: The Bonnie White Flag

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Most Civil War buffs are familiar with the secession song The Bonnie Blue Flag. However, but 1864, at least one Confederate officer held prisoner at Camp Chase had different sentiments; perhaps surrender offered a better choice? His poetry—The Bonnie White … Continue reading →

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Battle of Kennesaw Mountain & Baseball

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

On a recent tour of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia, I toured the museum in the visitor center. Near the end of the exhibits was a wall of faces of people who fought at the July 27, 1864 … Continue reading →

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Building Ohio’s Army

Posted on May 18, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

Today we are pleased to welcome guest author Gordy Morgan As the Federal government began mobilizing for civil war, Ohio was neither sufficiently organized nor adequately equipped to help fight it. But it more than made up for these deficiencies … Continue reading →

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