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The Text Message Correspondent
Last month I compiled a selection of material written during the Gettysburg campaign by members of the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery. The unit began its service as the 11th Vermont Infantry but spent the first year and a half of … Continue reading
The 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery and the Gettysburg Campaign
As the Army of the Potomac chased the Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania during the summer of 1863, the garrison left in Washington gritted their teeth, honed their training, and considered how they might perform should the Confederate army … Continue reading
The Patriotism of the 170th…
I’ve always been fascinated with the Ohio National Guard “100 Days” men who were called into service in the spring of 1864 to guard the forts, bridges, blockhouses and railroads, thereby freeing up veteran regiments for the summer campaign. The … Continue reading
Disaster in the Defenses of Washington: The June 9, 1863 Explosion at Fort Lyon
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Nathan Marzoli Lewis Bissell, a soldier in the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, had spent the better part of a year stationed in the numerous forts and batteries that ringed the nation’s capital. He had grown … Continue reading
The Origins of Fortress Washington
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Steve T. Phan By 1865, Washington D.C. was surrounded. On the high hills, long ridges, and flat plateaus that encircled the capital of the United States was an elaborate system of fortifications. Now, as … Continue reading
“Scared Ol’ Abe Like Hell”: The Battle of Fort Stevens
They were not much to look at: a ragtag, dust caked, mostly shoe-less, begrimed bunch of tanned soldiers carrying rifles and shuffling toward Washington D.C. But, they represented a big threat. Especially in the summer of 1864. They were not … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Battle of Fort Stevens, Battle of Monocacy, Bloody Autumn The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Defense of Washington DC, Fort Steve, Horatio G. Wright, Jubal Early, National Park Service, President Abraham Lincoln, Rock Creek Park
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A General Redeemed: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint, part two of a series. Saturday, July 9th, 1864, came following a night of thunderous rain and lightning showers. The first rays of sunlight poked over the nearby mountains and revealed two armies poised … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Army of the Valley, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Frederick Alexander's Baltimore Battery, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Monocacy, Monocacy Bridges, Monocacy Junction, Monocacy National Battlefield, Monocacy River, Thomas House, VIII Corps, Worthington House
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A General Fallen from Grace: Lew Wallace before Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint. Part one in a series. Musketry crackled in the distance, heavy cannonading made the ground rumble, hundreds of men died up ahead, and Major General Lew Wallace was on the wrong road. Wallace and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Early's invasion of Maryland, Fort Donelson, Henry Halleck, James Ricketts, John Garret, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Middle Department, Monocacy, Monocacy Junction, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant, VIII Corps, Wallace's Third Division
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