Tag Archives: Clement Evans

Primary Sources: Clement A. Evans & Confederate Military History

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Daniel Welch

The war had been over for nearly three decades. Veterans of all ranks had been recording their experiences in memoirs, newspapers, journals, speeches, and other published materials. Already, in the short intervening period from the silencing of the guns to … Continue reading →

Posted in Memory, Primary Sources | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Stand in the Cemetery: George Washington Getty and the Battle of Cedar Creek

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Daniel Davis

Following the engagement at Tom’s Brook on Oct. 9, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Union Army of the Shenandoah continued north toward Winchester. Sheridan eventually put his men into camp along a stream known as Cedar Creek south of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment