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Tag Archives: George Steuart
McIlvaine’s Hotel: A Landmark on the Road to Gettysburg
For those who over the years have traveled to Gettysburg with some regularity, I’m sure that each of us have some landmarks that once passed let us know we really are on the way to Gettysburg. For myself, there’s still … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Ties to the War
Tagged 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 18th Virginia Cavalry, 1st New York Cavalry, Abram Jones, Bedford PA, Bloody Run PA, Darius Couch, Fulton County PA, George Steuart, Gettysburg Campaign, John D. Imboden, Lewis B. Pierce, McConnellsburg PA, McIlvaine's Hotel, Ray's Hill, Robert Milroy, Route 30
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Reward for Service
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jim Taub Firing had been growing in intensity all along the line. The skirmishers of Governeur Warren’s V Corps were hotly engaged with Richard Ewell’s Confederates. The Army of the Potomac … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 140th New York, 146th New York, 155th Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, George Steuart, Governeur Warren, Little Round Top, Robert E. Lee, Saunders Field, U.S. Regulars, zouaves
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The Bag Was Tied: The 146th New York in Saunders Field
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jim Taub It would seem appropriate that, as the last post centered on the men who charged across Saunders Field 151 years ago today, to write of their participation in that fight. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 146th New York, 155th Pennsylvania, 91st Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, David Jenkins, George Meade, George Steuart, George Williams. Romeyn Ayres, Governeur Warren, Henry Curran, Little Round Top, Norton Sheppard, Orange Turnpike, Richard S. Ewell, Saunders Field, Scots Greys, Second Corps, V Corps, Waterloo
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“On Swept the Gallant Little Brigade”
Part Two Sleep did not come easily for any of Steuart’s men on the slopes of Culp’s Hill. At 1:00 a.m. “we were awakened…by the advance of a column of Yankees, but a volley from our line caused them to … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged 10th Virgini, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st Maryland CSA, 1st North Carolina, 23rd Virginia, 37th Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Alpheus Williams, Battle of Gettysburg, Brigadier General Thomas Kane, Colonel Charles Candy, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George Steuart, Henry Slocum, John Bell Hood, John Geary, Richard S. Ewell, Seminary Ridge
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500 yards
Part one in series The attack started late in the afternoon of July 2nd. Approximately 2,100 men from three Virginia regiments, two from North Carolina, and a battalion of Marylanders charged up the hill. Overlapping the enemy flank, the charge … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 10th Virginia, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Maryland Battalion CSA, 1st North Carolina Infantry, 23rd Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Ambrose Wright, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Gettysburg, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, George S. Greene, George Steuart, Maryland, Randolph McKim, Richard S. Ewell, W.W> Goldsborough
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Invading Home
When Robert E. Lee made the decision to invade the north in June 1863 he aimed to take the war into enemy territory north of the Potomac River. For a portion of his army, the invasion route would take them back … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged 10th Virginia, 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg, 1st North Carolina, 23rd Virginia, 2nd Maryland CSA, 37th Virginia, 3rd North Carolina, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Winchester, Edward Johnson, George Steuart, Gettysburg, Gettysburg 150th, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Second Corps, Winchester Virginia
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Another Jackson?
In June 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee struck out for another invasion of the north. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia—now organized into three corps—left their lines around Fredericksburg early that same month. Lieutenant General Richard Ewell, now commanding … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Edward Johnson, George Steuart, Jubal Early, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Milroy, Robert Rodes, Second Battle of Winchester, Stonewall Brigade, Stonewall Jackson, Winchester Virginia
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