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Tag Archives: Dalton
A very private war: Rocky Face Ridge, May 8 to 11, 1864
On the morning of May 8. 1864, Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s 125th Ohio infantry drew an unenviable assignment. One of the regiments comprising the Third Brigade, Second Division, of O. O. Howard’s Fourth Corps in the Army of the Cumberland, the … Continue reading
We’re Still Arguing about General Hood
No, I’m not talking about Gen. John Bell Hood’s decision to launch that tragic frontal assault at Franklin, or to entrench before Thomas’ army at Nashville, inviting disaster. I’m talking about Hood’s right leg. Go to Tunnel Hill, Georgia (north … Continue reading
Across Georgia to Atlanta
Last October, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a weekend with Steve Davis in Atlanta. We traveled and tramped about Georgia, getting pictures for his upcoming books in the Emerging Civil War Series. We started at Tunnel Hill and … Continue reading
“The Great Winter Battles” of the Army of Tennessee
Yesterday, Kris White wrote about some of the great winter battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. That called to mind an account from Sam Watkins of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, which wintered in Dalton, Georgia “during the cold, … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Co. Aytch, Dalton, Georgia, Sam Watkins, snowball fights, winter encampments
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The Battle of Ship’s Gap
October of 1864 was a busy month for the North Georgia community my family lived in and where I continue to live 150 years later. The little crossroads of Villanow saw the most men it had ever seen before in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged 24th South Carolina Infantry, 26th Iowa, 46th Georgia, 76th Ohio, Dalton, Ellison Capers, John Bell Hood, North Georgia Campaign, Peter Osterhaus, Ship's Gap, States Rights Gist, United States Colored Troops, USCT, Villanow, William Tecumseh Sherman
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The Army of Tennessee and Dalton Redux, 150 years later
150 years ago on October 13, John Bell Hood’s campaign through North Georgia reached the edge of Dalton, a town the army knew very well from their stay there the previous winter. The Dalton they found little resembled what they … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged 44th USCT, Army of Tennessee, Dalton, John Bell Hood, North Georgia Campaign, United States Colored Troops, USCT
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ECW Weekender: New Civil War Parks Around Dalton, Georgia
Although the 150th Anniversary of the fighting that opened the Atlanta Campaign has been quiet compared to the Overland Campaign, several things have occurred, the best being the opening of two small “battle” parks around Dalton, Georgia.
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, ECW Weekender, Western Theater
Tagged 3rd Maryland Artillery, Army of the Ohio, Atlanta Campaign, Crow Valley, Dalton, Eufaula Light Artillery, Fort Fisk, John Schofield, Mill Creek Gap, Potato Hill, Rowan's Battery, Snake Creek Gap, Tucker's Mississippi Brigade
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Small but Savage: Dug Gap
As Sherman engaged Joe Johnston’s Confederates around Dalton to hold them in place, Gen. James McPherson moved his Army of the Tennessee towards Snake Creek Gap, a passage to his rear. General John Geary’s White Star Division of the XX … Continue reading
Snake Creek Gap, 150 Years Later
150 years ago, a little boy was enjoying a spring morning when soon his brother came riding to the family home, exclaiming that the Yankees were just over the hill and headed toward the family farm, which lay along the … Continue reading
