Tag Archives: Dan Sickles

Fallen Leaders: Maine’s Hiram Berry

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Brian Swartz

Haunted by a premonition, Maj. Gen. Hiram Berry recklessly exposed himself to Confederate snipers at Chancellorsville and paid the price for his carelessness. A 36-year-old Rockland (Maine) merchant in spring 1861, the physically robust Berry led the 4th Maine Infantry … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal | Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 55th New York Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry, Abner Coburn, Abraham Lincoln, Achorn Cemetery, Almira Berry, Aquia Creek, Army of the Potomac, Brian Swartz, Chancellor House, Chancellorsville, Co. A Maine State Guards, Dan Sickles, Gershom Mott, Hannibal Hamlin, Harvest Moon, Hazel Grove, Hiram Berry, J.E.B. Stuart, Jabez Greenhalgh, James D. Earle, James F. Rusling, Joe Hooker, John T. Berry, Joseph B. Carr, Joseph E. Revere, Lucy Berry, Oliver Otis Howard, Orange Plank Road, Phil Kearny, Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Portland, Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler, Rockland, Stoneman’s Switch, Thomas W. Osborn, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Washington D.C. | 4 Comments

November 2021 Maine at War blog posts

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Brian Swartz

In November my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a new Gettysburg novel to a new monument erected at the Third Winchester battlefield in mid-month. November 3, 2021: New novel explores the 9th Massachusetts Battery, a Mainer, and … Continue reading →

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Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The 1876 Election—“A Dead Radical Is Harmless”

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The Election of 1876 was the most contentious in United States history. While Lincoln’s election in 1860 had more tumultuous consequences, once the Democratic Party split into its “National” … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Reconstruction | Tagged Chester Arthur, Dan Sickles, Election of 1876, Francis Barlow, John Sherman, Lew Wallace, Martin Gary, Patrick Young, Red Shirts, Redeemers, Richmond Dispatch, Rutherford B. Hayes, S. W. Ferguson, Samuel Tilden, Shotgun Policy, The Reconstruction Era Blog, Theodore Baker, Zachariah Chandler | 2 Comments

On Meade’s Mind, 152 Years Ago

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

George Gordon Meade had much on his mind as he waited for the train from Washington to arrive. Onboard, the general-in-chief of all Union armies, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, was coming from Washington to take his place with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal | Tagged Army of the Potomac, Dan Butterfield, Dan Sickles, George Gordon Meade, Gettysburg, Joint Committee, Meade-Sickles Controversy, Ulysses S. Grant | 4 Comments

Question of the Week—1/4-1/10/16

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

In the fall of 1863, as George Gordon Meade tried to grapple with the Army of Northern Virginia, his former III Corps commander, Dan Sickles, was back in Washington stirring up controversy: to cover his own blunder at Gettysburg on … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Civil War, Question of the Week | Tagged Bad Advice, Dan Sickles, George Gordon Meade, Henry Halleck, Joint Committee, Question of the Week | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: Dan Sickles

Fallen Leaders: Maine’s Hiram Berry

November 2021 Maine at War blog posts

Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The 1876 Election—“A Dead Radical Is Harmless”

On Meade’s Mind, 152 Years Ago

Question of the Week—1/4-1/10/16

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