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The Pink Confederate Battle Flags
ECW welcomes back guest author Bryan Cheeseboro In a recent conversation I had with a friend, we discussed the painting The First Battle Flags by Don Troiani, which depicts the events of November 28, 1861, at Centreville, Virginia. On that … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Alabama Infantry, 16th Mississippi Infantry, 4th North Carolina Infantry, 4th South Carolina Infantry, 5th North Carolina Infantry, 5th South Carolina Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry, 7th South Carolina Infantry, 8th Virginia Infantry, Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of First Manassas, Centreville, Colin McRae Selph, Confederate Battle Flag, Don Troiani, Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, William Porcher Miles
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ECW Weekender: The Confederate Military Railroad—Manassas and Centreville, VA
During the winter of 1861, Confederate forces in the Manassas and Centreville area built the first-ever railroad dedicated for military purposes. Using stolen rails from the B&O Railroad and building a small bridge over Bull Run, Confederate engineers were able … Continue reading
A Precipitate Retreat: General Joe Johnston and the Confederate Withdrawal from Northern Virginia March 6- 10, 1862
After their victory at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861, the Confederate armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah combined and settled into a defensive position from Leesburg in the west and the Potomac River near Occoquan in the … Continue reading