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Tag Archives: Edward Canby
Gettysburg of the West?: The Battle of Glorieta Pass
ECW welcomes back guest author Patrick Kelly-Fischer More than one Civil War battle carries the nickname “Gettysburg of the West” – Chickamauga and Westport come to mind. But I’ve most often heard it applied to Glorieta Pass, fought in northern … Continue reading
A Fight for “a Square Drink of Water”: The Battle of Valverde
ECW welcomes back guest author Patrick Kelly-Fischer After the war, W.P. Laughter, a private in the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles, described the morning of the battle of Valverde: “As we were marching along with some glee at the prospect of getting … Continue reading
The Awkward Meeting of Richard Taylor, Edward Canby and Peter Osterhaus
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In considering the ways Americans have debated the American Civil War, its meaning and influence, one particular illustrative episode can be found in Richard Taylor’s eloquent memoir Destruction … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Mexican War, Reconstruction
Tagged 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, D.H. Hill, Edward Canby, Peter Osterhaus, Richard Taylor, St. John Liddell, Stonwall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
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The Last Major Engagement of the War: The Fall of Fort Blakely
With the Fall of Spanish Fort on April 8, the lone defense of Mobile now fell upon Gen. St. John Liddell and his garrison of around 4,000 men at Fort Blakely, a series of fortifications around the small town of … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Bryan THomas, Claudius Sears, Edward Canby, Francis Cockrell, Frederick Steele, John Liddell, Mobile, Spanish Fort, USCT, William Pile
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“The uproar of the damned was about us”: The Battle of Spanish Fort
The situation was grim across what was left of the Confederacy on April 8, 1865. Lee’s vaunted Army of Northern Virginia was nearly cut off, and along the banks of Mobile Bay, a remnant of the Army of Tennessee faced … Continue reading
Kit Carson’s Civil War: Learning to Command, Administration and Training
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Ray Shortridge. Part one in a series. In early July, 1861, Henry Hopkins Sibley met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond. He had resigned from the United States Army while serving as a … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1s New Mexico Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Edward Canby, Fort Craig, Fort Union, Henry Sibley, Jefferson Davis, John Fremont, Kit Carson, Kit-Carson's-Civil-War, Stephen Kearny, Trans-Mississippi
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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
