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Tag Archives: Edward Porter Alexander
Lee and Guerrilla Warfare
Two days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, a council of officers in what was left of the bedraggled Army of Northern Virginia hashed out three possible options for Robert E. Lee to consider. General John Brown Gordon, who was not … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Bert Dunkerly, Dan Davis, Edward Porter Alexander, guerrilla warfare, John Brown Gordon, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series
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The Fall of the Chancellorsville Crossroads
The following is a chapter excerpt from “That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863,” authored by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White. The Chancellor House site will be one of the stops on the upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged 116th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, 53rd Pennsylvania, 5th Maine Battery E, Bullock Farm, Chancellor Mansion, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski; Kristopher D. White, Darius Couch, Edward Porter Alexander, Fairview, George Leppien, Hazel Grove, James Lebroke, JEB Stuart, John Chase, Joseph Hooker, Medal of Honor, Robert E. Lee, Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, That Furious Struggle
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part five in a series In the previous installment, we examined George Gordon Meade’s decision to defer an all-out assault along the lines at Williamsport for a day, instead of following his own aggressive instincts. Instead, he listened to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 9th Massachusetts Infantry, Ambrose Burnside, Andrew Humphreys, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Chancellorsville, Charles Wainwright, Edward Porter Alexander, George Meade, Henry Hunt, I Corps, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Lemon's Ferry, Marye's Heights, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Willaimsport
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