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Tag Archives: Charles P. Stone
The Origins of Fortress Washington
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Steve T. Phan By 1865, Washington D.C. was surrounded. On the high hills, long ridges, and flat plateaus that encircled the capital of the United States was an elaborate system of fortifications. Now, as … Continue reading
Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 4
Part 4 of a series. In 1860 James Coleman owned thirteen people. The oldest was 62 years old; the youngest, five months. Eight of them were females, including the baby, and five were males, and together they helped propel Coleman … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles
Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, 34th New York, Alexandria, Camp Griffin, Camp Pierpont, Caroline Jackson, Charles P. Stone, Day Brothers, Dranesville, George Coleman, George D. Bayard, George G. Meade, George McCall, Isaac Madison, James Coleman, John Coleman, John Hawxhurst, Joseph Ordwick, Lewinsville, pennsylvania reserves, Philip Carper, Restored Government of Virginia, Thomas Coleman, William F. Smith, William Farley, Winfield S. Hancock
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Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 3
Part three in a series. Part One is here, and Part Two is here. War had come, and the people of Herkimer County, New York answered. Located towards the center of the state, the New Yorkers soon heard of Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th New York Infantry, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Charles P. Stone, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Christian Zugg, Cyrus Kellogg, Dranesville, Dranesville Home Guard, Fairfax Court House, Herkimer County, Lowe's Island, Maryland, McCarthy Lowe, New York, Oliver Darling, Robert Gracey, Seneca Mills, Stephen Farr, Wells Sponable, William Day, William LaDue
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One of the Smallest–and Most Significant–Battles of the War
Once bodies started floating down the Potomac past Washington, it was tough for officials in the capital to overlook the battle at Ball’s Bluff. It was bad enough that the Union forces there had been soundly trounced. Of the 1,700 … Continue reading
