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Tag Archives: Francis Barlow
Recruiting The Regiment…Or Recruiting A Future General
It officially began with a terse note to a friend: The time has come, remember your promise. Meet me at Delmonico’s at four o’clock to-day, Saturday, and we will enlist. F.C. Barlow[i] It ended four years later, and the author … Continue reading →
General Barlow “Seated In A Cherry Tree”
You’ve probably heard the story that “Stonewall” Jackson liked to eat lemons. Why don’t we pay as much attention to the favorite fruits of other generals? Probably because it just isn’t well documented. However, I’ve come across some evidence that … Continue reading →
Posted in Leadership--Federal
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Tagged cherries, food, Francis Barlow, Francis C. Barlow, General Barlow
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Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: The 1876 Election—“A Dead Radical Is Harmless”
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The Election of 1876 was the most contentious in United States history. While Lincoln’s election in 1860 had more tumultuous consequences, once the Democratic Party split into its “National” … Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Reconstruction
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Tagged Chester Arthur, Dan Sickles, Election of 1876, Francis Barlow, John Sherman, Lew Wallace, Martin Gary, Patrick Young, Red Shirts, Redeemers, Richmond Dispatch, Rutherford B. Hayes, S. W. Ferguson, Samuel Tilden, Shotgun Policy, The Reconstruction Era Blog, Theodore Baker, Zachariah Chandler
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Finding Evander McIvor Law
My short odyssey to find a Confederate general’s grave in central Florida led me to learn something about my current state of residence and military history. This is part biography of Evandor McIvor Law and part travel-post. **************************************************** Born in … Continue reading →
Posted in Memory, Monuments, On Location, Personalities, Ties to the War
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Tagged 4th Alabama, Army of Northern Virginia, Barnard Bee, Bartow, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of First Manassas, Chickamauga, Citadel, Confederate general, Confederate States of America, Evander Law, Florida, Francis Barlow, Gettysburg, James Longstreet, John Bell Hood, South Carolina, University of Florida
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If Meade Had Been Captured at Myers Hill…
One of the best things about being a Civil War historian is having a couple beers and refighting the Civil War. What follows is a rough translation of a conversation Dan Davis and I had on Oct. 31 as we … Continue reading →
The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Eight
Part eight in a series. Sweeping the 11th Corps For the last few hours George Doles four Georgia regiments had done little more than skirmish with the men of the 11th Corps. Doles and his 1,323 men had been tasked … Continue reading →
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
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Tagged Blocher's Knoll, Carlisle Road, Charles Coster, Francis Barlow, George Doles, Harry Hays, Jubal Early, Leopold von Gilsa, Richard S. Ewell, Robert Rodes, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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The Last Victory of the Army of Northern Virginia –The Battle of Cumberland Church, April 7, 1865
The afternoon of April 7th found the Confederate army in a bad situation. With the losses at Sailors Creek the day before, Lee could barely count 30,000 men left in his army. Most of these men were tired, underfed and … Continue reading →
The Battles for High Bridge April 6-7, 1865
After leaving Amelia Court House, Gen. Robert E. Lee headed his columns west in the hopes of putting some distance between himself and the pursuing Union armies under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Lee knew that his worn out and … Continue reading →
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
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Tagged 123rd Ohio Infantry, 3rd Virginia Reserves, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry, Amelia Court House, Appomattox Campaign, Edward Ord, Farmville, Fitzhugh Lee, Francis Barlow, High Bridge, II Corps, James Dearing, John Goddard, Robert E. Lee, Sailor's Creek, Theodore Read, Thomas Rosser, Thomas Smyth, U.S. Grant, VI Corps, William Mahone
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The Siege of Petersburg: “Your Delay Has Been Fatal…”–The First Battle of Weldon Railroad
As the dust settled from Federal Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s opening assaults against Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard’s forces in Petersburg, he began to plan out his approach to reducing Petersburg by cutting off its supply routes. Grant had stolen … Continue reading →
Posted in Battles
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Tagged Cadmus Wilcox, Francis Barlow, Globe Tavern, Horatio Wright, Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, William Mahone, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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Following in the Footsteps of the Assault on the Mule Shoe
Darkness sat still over Spotsylvania this morning when I first arrived, and the firmament twinkled with a thousand stars. It was much clearer today than it was 150 years ago as Federal soldiers marched into position for their attack on … Continue reading →
