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Tag Archives: Culpeper
Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following the Path of Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg
Ten Days in Culpeper From Raccoon Ford, Joe and I drove into nearby Culpeper, A.P. Hill’s hometown. Law’s Brigade camped with Hood’s Division south-east of Culpeper, near Pony Mountain, and paralleling the Fredericksburg Pike (modern-day Virginia Route 3) from Friday, … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: In the Steps of Lee to Gettysburg—Culpeper
The town of Culpeper is one of central Virginia’s most historic towns. The area around Culpeper saw more marching, fighting and camping during the Civil War than any other area in the nation. Its location south of the Rappahannock River … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Campaign Begins
By the time the Gettysburg campaign began 154 years ago tomorrow, Robert E. Lee, vaunted commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, had been preparing his army for weeks. Lee had much to do. Following the army’s victory at Chancellorsville … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged A.P. Hill, Battle of Brandy Station, Brandy Station Virginia, cavalry, Culpeper, Culpeper Court House, Culpeper Virginia, General Joseph Hooker, Gettysburg Campaign, James Longstreet, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign
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Swelling the Ranks for Review
In mid-November 16, 1863, with Army of the Potomac commander George Meade in Washington to consultation with the president and War Department, it fell to VI Corps commander Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick to serve as the army’s temporary commander as it … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Culpeper, Drill, Fall of 1863, Hard Marching Every Day, John Sedgwick, Meade's Army, reviews, Theodore Lyman, VI Corps, Wilbur Fisk
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