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Tag Archives: Edmund Kirby Smith
A Visit to the Site of the Final Surrender
To reach the site of the last Confederate surrender, I first have to cross a cemetery. Along the back wall, three brick stairs offer access to a gravel pathway that leads off into the woods and the 35-acre Doaksville archaeological … Continue reading
Mexican-American War 170th: Mexico City’s Gates
Chapultepec had fallen, leaving the fortress walls slick with human gore. As the Americans stopped to take stock in what they had captured, Maj. Gen. John Quitman was figuring what else he could do. Quitman, a New York born former … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged Belen Gate, Chapultepec, Edmund Kirby Smith, John C. Pemberton, John Quitman, Mexican-American War 170th, Mounted Rifles, P.G.T. Beauregard, San Cosme Gate, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, William Loring, William Worth
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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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Appomattox and Bennett Place: A Remarkable Contrast
I had the honor and privilege of attending and participating in a portion of the weeklong commemoration sof the surrenders at Bennett Place on April 18, 2015, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the initial peace treaty by Maj. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Army of Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Appomattox Station, Bennett Place, Edmund Kirby Smith, James Bennett, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Johnston, Nancy Bennett, Richard Taylor, This Astounding Close, To the Bitter End, William T. Sherman, Wilmer McLean
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Events Larger Than One Person: The Surrenders at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina
Conclusion. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, ever the good soldier, obeyed Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s order. He informed his adversary, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, that the civil authorities in Washington, D. C. had rejected their treaty on the grounds … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Bennett Place, Edmund Kirby Smith, Joseph Johnston, Richard Taylor, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Unity Monument, William T. Sherman, Wilmer McLean
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Some Context from Donelson for the 150th’s Surrender Season
With the Sesquicentennial’s surrender season nearly upon us, this week presents a good opportunity for us to give upcoming events some context—for it was this week in 1862 that Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Confederates defending Fort Donelson. … Continue reading
“Littlepage’s Big Contributions to the Confederacy”
This is another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” Littlepage was the middle name of Carter L. Stevenson, a Confederate major general that saw extensive service in the west during the American Civil War. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Perryville, Bennett Place, Big Black River Bridge, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Champion's Hill, Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Fredericksburg, Irvin McDowell, Mexican-American War, Mormon War, P.G.T. Beauregard, Seminole War, Siege of Vicksburg, Virginia, Virginia Infantry, West Point, William Hardee, William Sherman
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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 H. Thomas, George McClellan, 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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The Vance Brothers
On a recent trip to North Carolina to speak at the Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table, I made a slight detour to visit the city of Asheville. While there I continued a mini-quest of mine to see the … Continue reading
