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Tag Archives: David Twiggs
BookChat with David Silkenat, author of Raising the White Flag
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian David Silkenat, senior lecturer of American history at the University of Edinburgh. Silkenat is the author of Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier, Ties to the War, USCT
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Bennett Place, BookChat, David Anderson, David Silkenat, David Twiggs, Dix-Hill, Fort Pillow, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Lieber Code, Milliken's Bend, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Olustee, prisoner exchange, Raising the White Flag, San Antonio, Shenandoah, Simon Bolivar Buckner, surrenders, the crater, Ulysses S. Grant, UNC Press, Unconditional Surrender Grant, University of Edinburgh, USCT
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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: Battle of Churubusco
Following his victory at Contreras/Padierna on the morning of August 20, 1847, General Winfield Scott looked to keep pressing towards Mexico City. By mid-morning, Scott had his divisions headed north towards the Churubusco River. Whereas the victory earlier that morning had … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged 1st US Dragoons, 3rd US Infantry, 6th US Infantry, 8th US Infantry, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Churubusco, Contreras, David Twiggs, Don Carlos Buell, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Fort Sumter, George Pickett, Gideon Pillow, James Longstreet, John Wilkins, Joseph Hooker, Nicholas Trist, Padierna, Phil Kearny, Robert Anderson, William J. Worth, Winfield Scott, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Contreras (Padierna)
Thousands of years ago, the Xitle volcano exploded, spraying lava across the valley floor. That lava cooled to hard rocks with jagged edges in what came to be known as the Pedregal—translated to English as the Rocky Gardens. The Pedregal … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Churubusco, Contreras, David Twiggs, Franklin Pierce, Gabriel Valencia, George B. McClellan, Gideon Pillow, John Magruder, Mexican War, Mexico City, P.G.T. Beauregard, Padierna, Pedregal, Robert E. Lee, San Agustin, San Antonio, Thomas J. Jackson, William Worth, Winfield Scott, Xitle volcano
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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Cerro Gordo
Vera Cruz had fallen, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had to act. Serving as both Mexico’s president and the commanding general of its armies, Santa Anna prepared to move against the American forces beginning to make their way inland. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Ball's Bluff, Cerro Gordo, David Twiggs, Early Van Dorn, Edward Baker, Edwin V. Sumner, Gideon Pillow, James Shields, P.G.T. Beauregard, Robert E. Lee, Santa Anna's leg, Vera Cruz, Winfield Scott
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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactics: How Technology Drove Change (Part Three)
(part three in a series) In the Napoleonic system, the army’s mounted arm took multiple forms. There were: carabiniers, cuirassiers, dragoons, hussars, chasseurs, and lancers. Each had its own specific mission. Carabiniers were armed with dragoon carbines and sabers, and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Ties to the War
Tagged 1st U.S. Cavalry, 1st U.S. Dragoons, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 2nd U.S. Dragoons, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 6th U.S. Cavalry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Bleeding Kansas, David Twiggs, Earl Van Dorn, Edmund Kirby Smith, Edwin Sumner, Fitzhugh Lee, French Carabiniers, French Cuirassiers, French Dragoons, French Hussars, George B. McClellan, George H. Thomas, George Stoneman, Henry Sibley, J.E.B. Stuart, John Bell Hood, John Buford, Joseph Johnston, Kenner Garrard, Napoleon, Nathan Evans, Philip St. George Cooke, Regiment of Mounted Rifleman, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Watts Kearny, The-Evolution-of-Cavalry-Tactics, Wesley Merritt, William J. Hardee, William Royall, William S. Harney
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There was Civil War Where???? Part One
When most people talk about the “Campaign in the West,” in terms of the American Civil War, Shiloh and Pittsburgh Landing come to mind, or perhaps General Fremont. There was actually Civil War much farther west—in California, Arizona, and New … Continue reading
