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Tag Archives: Deep Bottom
Saving History Saturday: Nearly 40 Acres to be Saved at Deep Bottom Battlefield
2020 is off to a great start for battlefield preservation efforts! Virginia’s Capital Region Land Conservancy announced plans to save more land at the First and Second Deep Bottom battlefield sites. Nearly 40 acres is to be acquired by the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Preservation
Tagged Capital Region Land Conservancy, Deep Bottom, Virginia
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The Best Missed Opportunity at Richmond
We are pleased to welcome back guest author Doug Crenshaw, who continues to look at communications mishaps during the campaigns for Richmond. Today, he turns to 1864. As they peered over the walls of Fort Harrison, Confederate soldiers witnessed an … Continue reading
To Divide the Attention of the Enemy’s Troops: Establishing the Deep Bottom Bridgehead
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jimmy Price Part two in a series. In my previous post I outlined the important series of actions fought north of the James River during the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign from July – … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Benjamin Butler, Deep Bottom, George Washington Custis Lee, Henry Heth, Jones' Neck, Joseph Kers, Robert E. Lee, Robert Foster, U.S. Grant, X Corps
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The Real War that Never Got into the Books: Operations North of the James River, July-October 1864
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jimmy Price Part One in a Series. What if I was to tell you that a series of desperate battles was fought on the footsteps of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia? … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Chaffin's Farm, Darbytown Road, Deep Bottom, Fort Gilmer, Fort Harrison, Fussell's Mill, Gravel Hill, James River, Jean Baptiste Girardey, JEB Stuart, John Gregg, John R. Chambliss, New Market Heights, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Strawberry Plains, the crater, Tilghman's Gate, USCTs
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A Shift in Strategy: Battle of Globe Tavern
Since June 15, 1864 the Union army under Major General George Meade and Lieutenant General Ulysses Grant hammered the Confederate defenses around Petersburg. From limited success along the eastern front June 15-18, then a thwarted attack on the Confederate supply … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 10th Corps, Charles Field, Deep Bottom, Dimmock Line, George G. Meade, Globe Tavern, Gouverneur K. Warren, James River, New Market Road, Petersburg, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant, Weldon Rail Road, Wiliam Mahone, Winfield Scott Hancock
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