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Tag Archives: Francis Shoup
BookChat with Timothy B. Smith, author of The Union Assaults on Vicksburg
I was pleased to spend some time recently with the most recent book by historian Timothy B. Smith, The Union Assaults on Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863, published by the University Press of Kansas (find out more about … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged 26th Louisiana, 36th Mississippi, Battle of Vicksburg, BookChat, Francis Shoup, John McClernand, Joseph E. Johnston, Stockade Redan, Timothy B. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Assaults on Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Vicksburg National Military Park, Winchester Hall
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A Presidential Review That Didn’t Go Very Well
ECWer Stephen Davis of Cumming, Georgia, is finishing up his book on the generalship of John B. Hood, which will be published later this year by Savas Beatie. From it Steve draws the following story: During the war President Jefferson … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Georgia, 24th Texas, 36th Alabama, 42nd Georgia, 49th Tennessee, 4th Louisiana, 54th Georgia, Army of Tennessee, Capt. Benjamin Posey, Capt. Samuel Foster, Capt. William Dixon, Francis Shoup, Isham Harris, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Lovick P. Thomas, Lt. Marcus Ely, Palmetto Georgia, Rev. James H. McNeilly
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The Road to Atlanta: The Untested Line of Francis Shoup
As Joe Johnston began to first occupy the Kennesaw Line, Gen. Francis A. Shoup, the chief of artillery for the Army of Tennessee, proposed to his commander that a strong defensive line be built along the north bank of the … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, fortifications, Francis Shoup, shoupade, shoupades, William T. Sherman
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