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Tag Archives: Dawn of Victory
A.P. Hill’s Death Wish?: The Problem with Using Quotes
Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill rode to his death during the immediate aftermath of the April 2, 1865 breakthrough at Petersburg. Hill sought to meet Major General Henry Heth at the division commander’s Pickrell house headquarters. Instead he encountered Pennsylvania … Continue reading
Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part four
Part four of five In yesterday’s segment of my interview with bookseller Marc Ramsey of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers, he mentioned a recent book panel he served on where he doled out his best-book recommendations for 2016. But now, he said, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged A Glorious Army, Abraham Lincoln, Berry Benson, Bert Dunkerly, Chris Kolakowski, David Dixon Porter, Dawn of Victory, Dennis Rasbach, Edward Alexander, Elmira Prison, Fort Stedman, Grant's Last Battle, Jeffrey Wert, John B. Gordon, Joshua Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Julia Grant, Leadership, Lee's Lieutenants, Lincoln in Richmond, Lincoln's Greatest Journey, Mary Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Palmetto Sharshooters, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Time-to-Talk-Civil-War-Books-with-Marc-Ramsey, To the Bitter End, Under the Blue Pennant
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A Look Back at Petersburg’s Breakthrough
April 2 marked the anniversary of the Union breakthrough at Petersburg, paving the way for the collapse of the entire Confederate line and the retreat to Appomattox. As it happens, we have one of the foremost authorities on the Breakthrough … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Sieges
Tagged Breakthrough at Petersburg, Dawn of Victory, Edward Alexander
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One Medal of Honor Too Many at the Breakthrough
There are a few corrections I would make to a revised version of Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg. Consider this a “setting the record straight” in the case of Sergeant Wesley Gibbs, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, who was a deserved … Continue reading
“A Mosquito Fighting an Elephant”: A Carolinian’s Recollection of the Breakthrough
I found it challenging while writing Dawn of Victory to not slant my narrative too largely toward the Federals. This was largely the result of a paucity in material from the southern perspective. Many Confederate officers did not see the purpose in … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Newspapers, Sieges
Tagged Dawn of Victory, Fort Gregg, McGowan's Brigade, Siege of Petersburg, The Breakthrough, Tudor Hall
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Visiting Pamplin Park on the Road to Appomattox
For anyone following Lee’s retreat and Grant’s pursuit this week, be sure to start your run at Pamplin Park, where Federal troops first broke the Confederate line. While the anniversary of the breakthrough was April 2, it’s worth a stop … Continue reading
“Dawn of Victory” has arrived!
Edward S. Alexander’s new Emerging Civil War Series book is now out: Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg. If you’re around the Cockade City for 150th anniversary events this week, be sure to pick up a copy. While copies are … Continue reading
The Anatomy of a Charge
Recently I have been researching various Civil War frontal assaults to help put the decisive April 2, 1865 storming of the Petersburg lines into perspective for my upcoming book Dawn of Victory. I encountered an interesting piece written August 15, 1864, … Continue reading
