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Tag Archives: Cold Harbor
On to On to Petersburg!
I don’t know about you, but for years, I have been anxiously awaiting the completion in Gordon Rhea’s epic study of the Overland Campaign. Knowing that the release of the final chapter was pending, I have been ridiculously excited for … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War
Tagged Cold Harbor, Gordon Rhea, On to Petersburg, Overland Campaign
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“Five Days of Awful Fighting”: A Brief Summary of the Cavalry Operations at Cold Harbor
Today, 152 years ago, Union and Confederate cavalry clashed northeast of Richmond at a place called Haw’s Shop. It had been a little over two weeks since the fight at Meadow Bridge, the last time the cavalry had faced each … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Alfred Torbert, Battle of Ashland, Battle of Hanover Courthouse, Cold Harbor, David Gregg, Fitzhugh Lee, Haw's Shop, James Wilson, Matadequin Creek, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Wade Hampton
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Question of the Week: 4/4-4/10/16
Here’s another QotW from Phill Greenwalt: Lee supposedly said, “If he [Grant] gets there [James River] it will become a siege and then it will be a mere question of time.” Do you agree with this sentiment or did Lee … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Question of the Week
Tagged Cold Harbor, James River, Overland Campaign, Question of the Week, Ulysses S. Grant
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Grant: “I should change Spotts if I was able, and could improve N. Anna and Cold Harbor.”
Cold Harbor remains a central lynchpin in anti-Grant mythology and a fascinating story in its own right. On June 3, 1864, alone, Grant lost nearly 4,000 men in a half an hour as the result of a single fruitless charge. … Continue reading
Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Civil War Treasure
When pondering the history of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first thing that springs to mind is generally not the city’s involvement in the American Civil War. Although the state hosted the most famous battle of the war, Pittsburgh seemingly stood … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Preservation, Upcoming Events
Tagged 102nd Pennsylvania, 112th Pennsylvania, 149th Pennsylvania, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Allegheny Arsenal, Ambrose Burnside, Andersonville, Andrew Carnegie, Battle of the Wilderness, Carnegie Free Library, Cold Harbor, Fort Pitt Foundry, G.A.R., Gettysburg, Grand Army of the Republic, john hunt morgan, Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Thomas Espy, Walton Dwight, William Lea
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A Letter from William Childs
The following post by guest author Dan Welch is one of a series of posts that will chronicle a Union surgeon’s letters leading up to the end of the Civil War, 150 years later. One of the best sets of … Continue reading
Little Phil Takes Command
At a simple rail stop outside Frederick, Maryland the two commanders shook hands as the train prepared to depart. After a brief meeting, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the General-in-Chief of the United States Armies, handed written orders to his … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of Northern Virginia, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, David Hunter, George G. Meade, George McClellan, Jubal Early, Lynchburg, Meadow Bridge, Missionary Ridge, Monocacy, Monocacy Station, Perryville, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Shenandoah Valley, Spotsylvania Court House, Stones River, Trevilian's Station, Ulysses S. Grant, Wade Hampton, wilderness, William Franklin, Yellow Tavern
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Author Signings at the Emerging Civil War Symposium
We are excited to announce the full list of authors who will be on hand to sign copies of their books at the First Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. Participants are welcome to bring copies of books they already own, … Continue reading
The Freeman Markers
If you have been to any of the battlefields around Richmond, Virginia or if you have ever just driven the non-interstate roads around the Virginia capital, you have seen a “Freeman Marker.”
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Monuments, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Battlefield Markers Association, Battlefield Markers Association Western Division, Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Douglas Southall Freeman, Freeman Markers, Old Dominion, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond Virginia, Shenandoah Valley
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