Tag Archives: General Joseph Hooker

Steve Bartman and the Battle of Chancellorsville

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Chris Kolakowski

In the past few weeks ESPN has been re-running the Alex Gibney film Catching Hell. The film focuses on Chicago and it’s reaction to Steve Bartman in 2003 after the Cubs lost that year’s National League Championship Series (NLCS). There … Continue reading →

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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 16, 1862

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Kevin Pawlak

All of the eyes watching the campaign in Maryland now focused in on the two armies facing off along the banks of Antietam Creek. As more time wore on from the last fight two days prior at South Mountain, more … Continue reading →

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The Gettysburg Campaign Begins

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Daniel Welch

By the time the Gettysburg campaign began 154 years ago tomorrow, Robert E. Lee, vaunted commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, had been preparing his army for weeks. Lee had much to do. Following the army’s victory at Chancellorsville … Continue reading →

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Union Balloon Corps: Part 3

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Caroline Davis

(Part 1 and Part 2 are available for reference.) The Union Balloon Corps received little recognition for its successes, and many in the military Sevens Days Battles considered them nothing more than entertainment. The conclusion of the Seven Days Battles, … Continue reading →

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Showing the White Feather”: The Civil War Ordeal of Col. William H. Christian

Posted on June 28, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

We are happy to welcome guest author Kristen M. Trout. Kristen is a life-long student of the Civil War,  and holds a degree in History from Gettysburg College and is currently working towards her MA in Nonprofit Leadership from Webster University … Continue reading →

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Staff Work 101

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Chris Kolakowski

George Patton famously said that “an army is a team.” Often, this statement is taken in terms of commanders and units working together, but there is another essential element that makes an army (or any headquarters) work: the command staff.

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