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Saving History Saturday: Tennessee and Virginia Battlefields Receive Major Preservation Grants
Over the past few weeks, seven battlefields in Tennessee and Virginia received major preservation grants through national, state, and private funding programs. Between the two states, nearly $3 million is being dedicated to preserve and protect threatened land. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Fisher's Hill, Opequon, Salem Cemetery, Saving History Saturday, Stones River, Tennessee, Virginia, Wauhatchie
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Wesley Merritt and the Battle of Tom’s Brook
Following the Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Federal army pursued Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early’s Rebel forces up the Shenandoah Valley. With the Yankees dogging his march, Early left the Valley, while Sheridan encamped around the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged "Woodstock Races", 2d Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 9th U.S. Cavalry, Appomattox, Army of Northern Virgina, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Back Road, Battle of Tom's Brook, Bradley Johnson, Charles Russell Lowell, Fisher's Hill, George Custer, Gettysburg, Harrisonburg, John Buford, Jubal Early, Little Bighorn, Lunsford Lomax, Natural Bridge, Reserve Brigade, Spanish American War, Stoneman's Raid, Third Winchester, Thomas Devin, Thomas Rosser, Trevilian's Station, Valley Turnpike, Virginia, Wesley Merritt, West Point, Woodstock, Yellow Tavern
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Shenandoah Subordinates: George Crook and the Controversy of Fisher’s Hill
Part three in a series. Jubal Early’s Confederates tramped through the night of September 19. After being routed off the battlefield at Winchester and chased through the town, the Army of the Valley headed south. They did not stop until … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged 1876 Sioux War, 4th U.S. Infantry, Chickamauga, Crook's Buzzards, Fisher's Hill, George Custer, Geronimo, Henry DuPont, Horatio Wright, Hupp House, Little Bighorn, Little North Mountain, Middle Military Division, Rutherford B. Hayes, South Mountain, Stephen Ramseur, Strasburg, Tullahoma Campaign, William Emory
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…and the Armies Danced: Sheridan and Early in the Valley, August-September 1864
Four days after taking command of the Army of the Shenandoah, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan led his new command out of Harper’s Ferry and headed south. His hope was to force Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early’s Confederates out of the lower … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Army of the Shenandoah, Berryville, Cedar Creek, Charlestown, Daniel Morgan, Fisher's Hill, Fitzhugh Lee, Front Royal, Jubal Early, Philip Sheridan, Robert Rodes, Wilfred Cutshaw
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