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Tag Archives: George Bayard
“I Don’t Like to Engage in What-Ifs, But….”
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone say, “I don’t like to engage in ‘What-Ifs…’” and then launch themselves into a discussion about a “What If,” I could’ve funded the upcoming ECW Symposium on What Ifs … Continue reading
“On Came the Johnnies”: The First Battle of Brandy Station
This Sunday, attendees of the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge will tour the battlefield of Brandy Station. This area in eastern Culpeper County was some of the most fought over during the Civil War. While the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged "Pope's Retreat", 12th Virginia Cavalry, 1st Maine Cavalry, 1st New Jersey Cavalry, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 2nd New York Cavalry, 6th Virginia Cavalry, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Beverly Roberston, First Battle of Brandy Station, George Bayard, JEB Stuart, Judson Kilpatrick, William E. "Grumble" Jones
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“Honor and Glory are Before Me”: The Brief Career of George Bayard
Over the course of the last month I’ve written posts on Benjamin “Grimes” Davis and Elon J. Farnsworth. These men share a common trait: their promising careers were cut short in battle during the Gettysburg Campaign. Davis was in the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 10th New York Cavalry, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 1st Maine Cavalry, 1st New Jersey Cavalry, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 2nd Battery (B), 2nd New York Cavalry, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Benjamin "Grimes" Davis, Beverly Robertson, Brandy Station, Elon J. Farnsworth, George Bayard, JEB Stuart, Maine Light Artillery, Second Manassas Campaign, Shenandoah Valley Campaign 1862, Turner Ashby
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James H. Wilson and the American Civil War
John Buford, Wesley Merritt, George Bayard, Thomas C. Devin. These are but a few of the names that more often than not come to mind when one thinks of the premier Union cavarymen of the Civil War. Certainly more names could be … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, August Kautz, Battle of the Wilderness, David M. Gregg, Fort Pulaski, George B. McClellan, George Bayard, James H. Wilson, John Buford, Meadow Bridge, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Second Cavalry Division, Tennessee Campaign, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Devin, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg, Wesley Merritt, wilderness, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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