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Tag Archives: Carter Stevenson
The Great March From Cumberland Gap
Today in 1862 ended one of the epic marches in American military history, the evacuation of the Union garrison at Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River. The men, 7,000 under Brigadier General George W. Morgan, endured a test not often … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged American Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold, Burma, California, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee, George W. Morgan, Humphrey Marshall, john hunt morgan, Joseph Stilwell, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Mexican-American War, Ohio River, Quebec, Stephen Kearny, World War II
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“Littlepage’s Big Contributions to the Confederacy”
This is another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” Littlepage was the middle name of Carter L. Stevenson, a Confederate major general that saw extensive service in the west during the American Civil War. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Perryville, Bennett Place, Big Black River Bridge, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Champion's Hill, Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Fredericksburg, Irvin McDowell, Mexican-American War, Mormon War, P.G.T. Beauregard, Seminole War, Siege of Vicksburg, Virginia, Virginia Infantry, West Point, William Hardee, William Sherman
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The Kennesaw Line: The Battle of Kolb Farm
The line defensive line that Joe Johnston established beneath the shadow of Kennesaw Mountain presented Sherman with the largest obstacle he had yet faced in his drive to Atlanta, and he noted that it was “unusually strong.” Johnston’s right flank … Continue reading
Catching Up on the Western Theater….
As the fighting died out around the ruins of the Octagon House on the evening of May 17, 1864, Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston finally came up with a plan to deliver a blow to Sherman’s forces. Running south from Adairsville … Continue reading
