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Tag Archives: Chancellorsville Campaign
“I Don’t Like to Engage in What-Ifs, But….”
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone say, “I don’t like to engage in ‘What-Ifs…’” and then launch themselves into a discussion about a “What If,” I could’ve funded the upcoming ECW Symposium on What Ifs … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 5/3-5/9/21
In your opinion, what was THE decisive moment in the Chancellorsville Campaign?
Antietam: The End of the Overland Campaign…of 1862
An unknown Confederate soldier lies dead next to the recent grave of Lt. John A. Clark, 7th Michigan Infantry The Battle of Antietam signaled the end of the Civil War’s first Overland Campaign. That’s an intriguing thought. The first … Continue reading
A Question of Morale
One of the controversial aspects of the Chancellorsville Campaign was the decision by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker to send his cavalry under Brig. Gen. George Stoneman into central Virginia. Hooker envisioned that Stoneman’s troopers would disrupt Robert E. Lee’s lines … Continue reading
Impressed with Coming Disaster: Alsop’s Field at Chancellorsville
On May 9, 1864, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, commanding the VI Corps in the Army of the Potomac, was killed at Spotsylvania Court House. Visitors to the battlefield can walk from the Exhibit Shelter to a monument that stands on … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1st North Carolina Cavalry, 3rd Virginia Cavalry, 5th Virginia Cavalry, 6th New York Cavalry, Chancellorsville Campaign, Duncan McVicar, Fitzhugh Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Thomas C. Devin, Thomas Munford
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Picketing the Army of the Potomac’s Winter Encampment: Union Cavalry at Lamb’s Creek Church
Following the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 and the failure of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s “Mud March”, the Army of the Potomac established winter quarters in Stafford County. Responsibility for guarding the approaches fell to the Union cavalry. Picket … Continue reading
Effects of a Shell
While doing some research the other day, I stumbled across a sketch that caught my eye. It seemed clever yet gruesome at the same time. Titled “Effects of a shell,” it appeared in the memoir of Sgt. Austin C. Sterns, Three … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Common Soldier
Tagged 13th Massachusetts, 94th New York, artillery, Austin Stearns, Chancellorsville Campaign, I Corps
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