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Tag Archives: Daniel Morgan
Cowpens: Defense in Depth
On a cold January morning 234 years ago, one of the most stunning events in American military history took place in a cattle pasture. Cowpens, South Carolina, was an overwhelming American victory, at a time when one was desperately … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Revolutionary War, Weapons
Tagged Banastre Tarleton, Cowpens, Daniel Morgan, muskets, rifles, tactics
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Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro
After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Averasboro, Alfred Rhett, Army of Georgia, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Gettysburg, Covering Force Action, Daniel Morgan, Defense in Depth, Henry Case, Henry Slocum, James Morgan, John Buford, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Lafayette McLaws, Murfreesboro, Nathaniel Jackson, Shiloh, Stephen Elliot, William Butler, William Hardee, William T. Sherman, William Vandever, William Ward
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A Visit to Averasboro and Bentonville
Over Columbus Day weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to North Carolina to take pictures of the battlefields of Averasboro and Bentonville. These pictures will be used in Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Cowpens, Bloody Autumn The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville March 1865, Chicora Cemetery, Daniel Morgan, Harper family, Henry Slocum, Hurricane from the Heavens The Battle of Cold Harbor May 26-June 5 1864, James Morgan, Joseph Johnston, North Carolina monument at Bentonville, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Savas Beatie LLC, Texas monument at Bentonville, William J. Hardee, William Tecumseh Sherman, XIV Corps, XX Corps
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…and the Armies Danced: Sheridan and Early in the Valley, August-September 1864
Four days after taking command of the Army of the Shenandoah, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan led his new command out of Harper’s Ferry and headed south. His hope was to force Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early’s Confederates out of the lower … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Army of the Shenandoah, Berryville, Cedar Creek, Charlestown, Daniel Morgan, Fisher's Hill, Fitzhugh Lee, Front Royal, Jubal Early, Philip Sheridan, Robert Rodes, Wilfred Cutshaw
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