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Tag Archives: George A. Custer
May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. May 4, 2022: Gettysburg beavers create a new pond Industrious beavers … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Artillery Battery, 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Abraham Lincoln, Abram Coombs, Albany, Augusta, Bangor, Benjamin F. Butler, Bion Foster, Brian Swartz, Carmel, Charles Eugene Hamlin, Charles Hamlin, Charles Stetson, Charleston, Colby College, Corinth, Crawford Avenue, Curtis Crockett, Cyrus Hamlin, Dexter, Dunkin, Edwin Stanton, Elijah Walker, Eric Wittenberg, Falling Waters, George A. Custer, George George Emery Hamlin, George Meade, Gettysburg National Military Park, Glenburn, Gray, Gulf Coast, Hampden, Hampden Historical Society, Hannibal Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin Plaza, Harris Merrill Plaisted, Israel Washburn Jr., James J. Pettigrew, Jason Martz, Little Round Top, Louis G. Young, Mabel Hill, Maine at War, Margaret Nyer, Menzias Fessenden, Monterrey Pass, Mount Gope Cemetery, National Park Service, New England, New Orleans, North Carolina, Oxford County, Paris Hill, Penobscot County, Penobscot River, Peter A. Weber, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, Samuel Thompson, Sarah Emery Hamlin, Sarah Jane Amery Hamlin, Sarah Plaisted, Seminary Ridge, Seven Pines, South Mountain, Union County, Valley of Death, Warren Avenue, Waterville, Wheatfeld Road, Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633, Williamsburg
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“The air was blue all around him”
A young Maine officer forever remembered the profanity-spewing Winfield Scott Hancock ordering a charge early in the Peninsula Campaign. Commanded by Col. Edwin C. Mason, the 7th Maine Infantry Regiment had “camped some days near Alexandria waiting our time to … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles
Tagged 1st New York Battery, 33rd New York Infantry Regiment, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Andrew Cowan, Bath, Brian Swartz, Charles C. Wheeler, Cub Creek, Dennis Hart Mahan, Dwight Harvey Hill, Edwin C. Mason, George A. Custer, John Davidson, Jubal A. Early, Thomas W. Hyde, William F. “Baldy” Smith, Williamsburg, Winfield Scott Hancock, York River, Yorktown
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Book Review: The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac By Adolfo Ovies Savas Beatie, 2021, $34.95 hardcover Reviewed by Doug Crenshaw Adolfo Ovies has undertaken a massive project in writing a three-volume history … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Cavalry
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Book Review, George A. Custer, Union Cavalry, Wesley Merritt
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Fallen Leaders: George Custer and the Question of Leadership
Over the past month, we have read many stories about fallen leaders of the American Civil War. We have mostly looked at those who have lost their lives in the midst of battle or its aftermath. However, a sometimes-forgotten fallen … Continue reading
Vanishing Monuments – The Case of Custer City, Colorado
“Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?” – The Specials In the months and years that followed the battle of the Little Bighorn, dozens of towns and counties named after Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer sprang … Continue reading
Unintentional Reconciliation – Memorializing the Cavalry Fight at Gettysburg
Though not far from the Civil War’s memorial epicenter, the cavalry battlefield at Gettysburg National Military Park sits relatively undisturbed by the crowds of tourists who come to see the site of the largest ever battle in the Western Hemisphere. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory
Tagged 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, battlefield monuments, Caroline Janney, Cavalry at Gettysburg, David Blight, David M. Gregg, Gaines M. Foster, George A. Custer, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Anniversary, JEB Stuart, memorials, Pickett's Charge, Reconciliation, William Brooke Rawle
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From the ECW Archives: Trevilian Station
On June 11 and 12, 1864, the Battle of Trevilian Station occurred. Union cavalry commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan swung southward, planning to join up with General David Hunter at Charlottesville, Virginia. However, near Trevilian Station Confederate cavalry commanded … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Cavalry
Tagged Battle of Trevilian Station, cavalry, ECW archives, from the archives, George A. Custer, Trevilian Station
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Falling Waters: The Death of Maj. Peter Weber
On July 3, 1863 Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick recklessly ordered one of his brigade commanders, Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, to attack a Confederate position near the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield. The ground over which Farnsworth had to traverse was … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 6th Michigan Cavalry, 8th New York, Ambrose Powell Hill, Battle of Falling Waters, Battle of Gettysburg, Col. William Gamble, Elon Farnsworth, George A. Custer, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Heth, James Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, Judson Kilpatrick, Maj. Peter Weber, retreat from Gettysburg, S.G. Shepard, Third Cavalry Division
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My Favorite Historical Person: George A. Custer
My favorite historical person is George Armstrong Custer. My introduction to Custer came in the second grade when I first saw the movie, They Died With Their Boots On. Although highly entertaining, the film is steeped in myth and thus it … Continue reading
The Fight for the Ogg Farm at Trevilian Station
This past weekend, my wife and I had the opportunity to spend time with family at Lake Anna. On Friday morning, we went out to breakfast in Louisa with my wonderful brother and sister-in-law. Driving back to the house, we … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 4th New York Cavalry, 6th New York Cavalry, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Alfred Torbert, Battery D 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battle of Trevilian Station, Benjamin Rutledge, David Gregg, Edward Williston, Fitzhugh Lee, George A. Custer, Gilbert Wright, Matthew C. Butler, Ogg Farm at Trevilian Station, Philip Sheridan, Pierce M.B. Young, Reserve Brigade, Richard Dulany, The Michigan Brigade, Thomas Devin, Thomas Rosser, Wade Hampton, Wesley Merritt
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