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The Fall of Fort Henry and the Changing of Confederate Strategy
Fort Donelson has “Unconditional Surrender” Grant. It has an early morning Confederate attack, a breakout by Nathan Bedford Forrest and, in short, the stuff that makes good history. But from this outsider’s perspective looking in on the Western Theater, I … Continue reading
The Mississippi River Squadron and the “Great Artery of America” (Part 1)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Pawlak On June 10, 1862, mere months before the Army of the Tennessee launched its initial operations against the Confederate fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi, newly-promoted Major General William T. Sherman penned … Continue reading
A Conversation with Dave Roth (part five)
(The final part of a five-part series) “I have a couple more favorite issues I can share if you’d like,” Dave Roth said when I wrapped up yesterday’s segment of my interview with the editor and publisher of Blue & … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 2/20-2/26/17
In February 1862 – Forts Henry and Donelson fell to combined Union land and river attack forces, resulting in a major victory for the Union. Which commander – Union or Confederate – is most interesting to you during the Henry/Donelson campaign? Why?
The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part one)
Part one of a series. Introduction “By direction of the President of the United States, the commanding general this day transfers the command of this army to Maj. Gen Joseph Hooker…give to the brave and skillful general who has so … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stones River, Corinth, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Island Number 10, Joseph Hooker, Shiloh, Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac
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The Falling Out Between John McClernand and Ulysses S. Grant
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Sean Michael Chick Butler, Banks, Sigel, McClernand. These are just the most infamous of the “political generals” of the American Civil War. The four named here are usually considered military incompetents, their … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Battle of Belmont, Benjamin Butler, Elihu Washburne, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Franz Sigel, Henry Halleck, John McClernand, Nathaniel Banks, Shiloh, U.S. Grant
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Stones in the Road: Philip Sheridan at Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Part one in a series At the close of the American Civil War, three men received the most accolades for contributing to the capitulation of the Confederacy: Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip Henry Sheridan. Of the three, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stones River, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Philip Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman
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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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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Four
Part four 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 Emerging Civil War
Tagged 11th Corps, 12th Connecticut, 12th Corps, Alfred Iverson, Alpheus Williams, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Braxton Bragg, Carl Schurz, Daniel Harvey Hill, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Fort Doneslson, Fort Henry, Fredericksburg, Henry Halleck, Iron Brigade, John Sherman, Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rafferty, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, William Wing Loring
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