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A Chronology of the Confederacy’s 1862 Counterstrokes
Several months ago, I crossed an item off my Civil War bucket list: visiting the Perryville battlefield. While at the visitor center, I watched a video which put the Confederate invasion of Kentucky into the larger context of the war. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Baton Rouge, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Charleston, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Munfordville, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Prairie Grove, Battle of Richmond, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Braxton Bragg, Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Edmund Kirby Smith, foreign intervention, France, Francis Herron, George B. McClellan, Great Britain, Great Britain and the Civil War, Henry Halleck, James Blunt, Jefferson Davis, John Breckinridge, John Pope, Kanawha Valley Campaign, Kentucky, Lord Palmerston, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Robert E. Lee, Russia, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Hindman, William Loring, William S. Rosecrans, Winchester
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Book Review: Cincinnati in the Civil War
Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union’s Queen City By David L. Mowery The History Press, 2021, $26.99 Reviewed by Jon-Erik Gilot Historian David L. Mowery has in recent years delivered several outstanding books for those of us interested in … Continue reading
Raising the Regiment: Die Neuner
Cincinnati’s German American community responded to the news of the surrender of Ft. Sumter and President Lincoln’s call for troops with unbridled enthusiasm. Handbills posted the evening of April 14, 1861 on the wall at Turner Hall on Walnut Street … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Regiments
Tagged 9th Ohio, August Willich, Cincinnati, German Americans, Recruiting-160, Recruiting-The-Regiment
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The Black Brigade and the Defense of Cincinnati
Panic seized citizens of Cincinnati during the first days of September, as the potential consequences of the recent Confederate victory at Richmond, Kentucky became apparent. As defeated Federal soldiers retreated north toward Louisville, Queen City residents worried that Confederate general … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Monuments, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged Black Brigade, black history, black history month, Cincinnati, US Colored Infantry
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Favorite Historical Person: Lew Wallace
As I think about people I admire historically, a spectrum of Federal commanders come to mind: Winfield S. Hancock, Nelson Miles, John Gibbon, etc. But recently, I have come to steadily respect and admire more and more Lew Wallace. Wallace … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Monocacy, Battle of Shiloh, Ben-Hur, Cincinnati, favorite17, Leadership, Lew Wallace
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Sketches from the Shenandoah: James Taylor’s Scrapbook
In the collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio rests With Sheridan Up the Shenandoah Valley. Leaves from a Special Artist’s Sketch Book and Diary. As the title implies, it is a book of incredibly realistic sketches and … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Civil War Events, Civilian, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 10th New York Infantry, alfred waud, Cincinnati, edwin forbes, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, James Taylor, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, University of Notre Dame, Western Reserve Historical Society, William Waud
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The Raid Ends: Morgan’s Raiders in Ohio
Part 3 of a three-part series After five days in Indiana, Morgan and his men left the Sunmansville area and headed east. They reached Harrison, a small town that straddles the Indiana and Ohio border, on July 13, 1863. Colonel … Continue reading
