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Mexican-American War 170th: Fall of Mexico City
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1847, General Winfield Scott finished putting on his nicest uniform and prepared for the moment he had waited for since the previous March and his landing at Vera Cruz. Earlier that … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged Belen Gate, Cerro Gordo, Chapultepec, Churubusco, Contreras, D.H. Hill, Duke of Wellington, John Garland, John Quitman, Mexican-American War 170th, Mexico City, Molino del Rey, Puebla, San Cosme Gate, Santa Anna, Vera Cruz, William Worth, Winfield Scott
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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Molino del Rey
Winfield Scott’s armistice had failed. His dual victories at Contreras and Churubusco on August 19-20 brought the American army within a hand’s reach of Mexico City, but then Scott stopped. By August 24, Scott and Mexican president Antonio Lopez de … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, D.H. Hill, David Twiggs, Edmund Kirby Smith, Ephraim Kirby Smith, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Gideon Pillow, Joseph Johnston, Mexico City, Mexico City Campaign, Molino del Rey, Nicholas Trist, Robert Anderson, Ulysses S. Grant, William Worth, Winfield Scott, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Mexican-American War 170th: Leaving Puebla and on to Mexico City
After a 10-week hiatus in the city of Puebla, General Winfield Scott was ready to resume his advance against Mexico City. “We had to throw away the scabbard and to advance with the naked blade in hand,” the American commander … Continue reading
“General Magruder, why did you attack?”
Today, we’re pleased to welcome guest author Doug Crenshaw. Doug, a volunteer with Richmond National Battlefield, is at work on books for the Emerging Civil War Series about the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days’ Battles. On July 1, 1862, … Continue reading
The Awkward Meeting of Richard Taylor, Edward Canby and Peter Osterhaus
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In considering the ways Americans have debated the American Civil War, its meaning and influence, one particular illustrative episode can be found in Richard Taylor’s eloquent memoir Destruction … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Mexican War, Reconstruction
Tagged 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, D.H. Hill, Edward Canby, Peter Osterhaus, Richard Taylor, St. John Liddell, Stonwall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Monterrey, Conclusion
This post wraps-up ECW’s 170th Anniversary coverage of the Battle of Monterrey. Click here for the other posts relating to the battle. For three days, the American and Mexican armies had fought for control of the city of Monterrey. Now, … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 3/7-3/13/16
Where would you rank D.H. Hill in the pantheon of Confederate generals?
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Question of the Week
Tagged D.H. Hill, Question of the Week
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Review: The Battle of Wise’s Forks, March 1865 by Wade Sokolosky and Mark A. Smith
March 1865 saw the Confederacy in severe straits, Union General Ulysses S. Grant had a death-lock grip on Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces around Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, Union General William T. Sherman had reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Book Review, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Averasboro, Bentonville, Braxton Bragg, D.H. Hill, George Greene, Jacob Cox, John Schofield, Mark A. Smith, Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina, Robert Hoke, Thomas Meagher, Wade Sokolosky, William Sherman, Wise's Forks
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Four
Part Four in a Series Rodes on Oak Hill: The lead elements of the Confederate Second Corps arrived in the area of Oak Hill a prominence on the first day battlefield that overlooks the McPherson Farm (nearly one mile to … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Alfred Iverson, Battle of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Cobean Farm, D.H. Hill, Edward O'Neal, Forney Farm, Forney Woods, James Power Smith, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, John Forney, Junius Daniel, Keckler's Hill, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Richard Ewell, Robert Rodes, Samuel Cobean, Stonewall Jackson, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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