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Tag Archives: Columbia
The Fall of Cities – Some Reflections
As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the Bataan-Corregidor campaign of 1941-42, which culminated in the largest surrender in American military history. I’m to the point now where I’m finishing the section about the evacuation of Manila … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Charleston, Columbia, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, Manila, Paris, Richmond, Saigon, Singapore, Warsaw, Washington, World War II
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Onward from Columbia: Experiences of Union Soldiers in Sherman’s Armies
Writing after the end of the war, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman wrote that his armies left Columbia South Carolina “utterly ruined”. Resuming their march, Sherman wrote “the right wing began its march northward, towards Winnsboro, on the 20th, which … Continue reading
The Swamp Lizard Gets His Nickname
As the second week of February, 1865 opened Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s armies were nearing the South Carolina capitol, Columbia. Since leaving Savannah, the Yankees had covered well over one hundred miles. In the course of their trek, the armies had crossed … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 25th Wisconsin Infantry, 32nd Wisconsin Infantry, Battle of Iuka, Columbia, Corinth, Edisto River, Joseph Mower, Mexican War, Mississippi Valley Campaigns, Red River Campaign, Salkehatchie River, The Swamp Lizard, Vicksburg Campaign, William T. Sherman
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The Raid Begins: Morgan’s Raiders in Kentucky
Part 1 of a series “I’m sent to warn the neighbors. He isn’t a mile behind; He sweeps up all the horses— every horse he can find; Morgan, Morgan the raider, and Morgan’s terrible men, With bowie knives and pistols, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Braxton Bragg, Columbia, Cumberland River, Indiana, john hunt morgan, Joseph Wheeler, Kentucky, Lebanon Junction, louisville, Morgan's Raiders, Ohio River, Twelve Mile Island, William Rosecrans
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