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Tag Archives: Don Carlos Buell
Thinking Big on a Battlefield
After the bloody fighting ended around Pittsburg Landing on April 6, 1862, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, recently appointed commander of the Army of the Mississippi following Albert Sidney Johnston’s death earlier that day, took stock of his army’s hard … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Athens Tennessee, Battle of Shiloh, Don Carlos Buell, P. G. T. Beauregard, P.G.T. Beauregard, PGT Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Pittsburg Landing, Timothy B. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant
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From Drought to Doctor’s Creek: The Opening Fight for Water at Perryville
A battle starting over water sounds about as fantastical as one starting over shoes (the latter assertion that the Battle of Gettysburg began over footwear has been disproven many times). But it is not a stretch to say–far from it, … Continue reading
BookChat with Zachery Fry, author of A Republic in the Ranks
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Zachery Fry, assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Dr. Frey is the author of A Republic in the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Books & Authors, Lincoln, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, BookChat, Copperhead's, Don Carlos Buell, Fredericksburg, George B. McClellan, Joseph Hooker, Keith Altavilla, Krisopher Teters, Mud March, Republic in the Ranks, UNC Press, Zach Fry, Zachery Fry
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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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1860’s Politics: The Challenges of 1862
Obviously, there wasn’t a presidential election in 1862, but races for the seats in the U.S. Congress were very important. Who would gain control of the legislative branch? How would the outcome of the congressional elections effect the Union war … Continue reading
The 47th Tennessee Infantry at Shiloh
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the American Civil War, Don Carlos Buell’s arrival at Shiloh with over 15,000 men, stands as the most famous reinforcement of the war. Its importance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 12th Tennessee Infantry, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta, Benjamin Cheatham, Bentonville, Bushrod Johnson, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Franklin, Jonesboro, Leonidas Polk, Nashville, Peachtree Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Prestpn Smith, Shiloh, Stones River, Ulysses S. Grant
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Georgia Professor Falls in the Battle of Perryville
Today we welcome guest author Stuart W. Sanders. Stuart is the former executive director of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association. He is the author of three books, including Perryville Under Fire: The Aftermath of Kentucky’s Largest Civil War Battle and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 21st Wisconsin, 41st Georgia, Army of the Ohio, Battle of Perryville, Bowdon College, Braxton Bragg, Captain Mark Evans, Chattanooga, Colonel Charles McDaniel, Don Carlos Buell, Emory College, George Maney, Maney's Brigade, Parson's Ridge, Perryville
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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Five
Part five in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Antietam Cornfield, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Shiloh, Bennett Place, Chancellorsville, Don Carlos Buell, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Emancipation Proclamation, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Frank Chapman, George McCellan, Gettysburg, Henry Halleck, John Bell Hood, John Pemberton, John Sherman, Knoxville, New York Herald, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, William T. Sherman
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Darkest Days of the War?
The Battles of Iuka and Corinth–that’s the answer, at least according to historian Peter Cozzens. Do you agree? Disagree? When I started the book, I was sketpical that Cozzens could convince me that this was truly the “Darkest Days of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Corinth, Battle of Iuka, Braxton Bragg, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Mississippi, Sterling Price, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Western theater, William Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
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Placing Perryville
On September 17, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia fought Union General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The subsequent Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) is still the bloodiest … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Perryville, Braxton Bragg, Don Carlos Buell, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Western theater
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