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Tag Archives: George Sykes
The Importance of Finding the Original Source
When it comes to reading history, I’m a slow reader. Usually, every time I see a superscript number at the end of a sentence or paragraph, I’ll flip to the back of the book to see the source. I’m a … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Primary Sources
Tagged Battle of Antietam, endnotes, footnotes, George Sykes, sources, Timothy J. Reese
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“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg
The fighting that occurred 153 years ago on the south end of the Gettysburg battlefield is some of the best known in American military history. Names of key participants and individuals have been seared into the public conscience. Some gain … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battery L 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Daniel Sickles, Frank Gibbs, George Sykes, Hannibal Day, Henry Benning, Houcks Ridge, John Caldwell, Joseph Kershaw, Little Round Top, Paul Semmes, Plum Run Valley, Romeyn Ayres, Sidney Burbank, Sykes' Regular Division, The Wheatfield, William Wofford
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“We went and staid too”
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Mike Block “Skirmishers play a most important part, whose importance is every day increasing with the improvements in small arms. They are employed in large bodies to attack a post or … Continue reading
Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part four in a series In part three of this series, we examined the question of how George G. Meade’s operational orders and the logistical challenges forged by the atrocious weather affected the Army of the Potomac’s pursuit of the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Alexander Hays, Alfred Pleasonton, Andrew Humphreys, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Benjamin Wade, George Custer, George Meade, George Sykes, Governeur Warren, Henry Heth, Henry Slocum, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, John Newton, John Sedgwick, Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War, Judson Kilpatrick, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Theodore Lyman, William French, Williamsport, XI Corps, XII Corps
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part two in a series In the first installment of this series, we reviewed the findings of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War with respect to the conduct of the pursuit of the defeated Army of Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged A.P. Hill, Andrew Humphreys. Alfred Pleasonton, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Boonsboro, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, David Gregg, Falling Waters, George Meade, George Sykes, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Heth, Henry Slocum, I Corps, II Corps, III Corps, J. Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, John Newton, John Reynolds, John Sedgwick, Joseph Hooker, Judson Kilpatrick, Oliver Howard, Pickett's Charge, V Corps, VI Corps, William French, Winfield S. Hancock, XI Corps, XII Corps
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A Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part one in a series My two most recent posts dealt with the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War’s attempt to crucify George Gordon Meade for allegedly deciding to retreat from the battlefield at Gettysburg. Maj. Gen. Daniel … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, First Corps, George Meade, George Sykes, Governeur Warren, Henry Slocum, III Corps, James Longstreet, John Buford, John Sedgwick, Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War, Oliver Howard, Robert E. Lee, V Corps, VI Corps
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The Downfall of a Federal Corps Commander: Warren-Sheridan and the Five Forks Controversy: Part Two
Part Two in a Series. It was actually an amazing feat that Gouverneur K. Warren still retained a corps command at the start of 1865. His wartime record was solid, but far from stellar. As I mentioned earlier, Warren was … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Andrew Humphreys, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Bristoe Station, George Sykes, John Sedgwick, Mine Run, The Downfall of a Federal Corps Commander: Warren-Sheridan and the Five Forks Controversy, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington Robeling, William French
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Class of 1842
When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George H. Gordon, George McClellan, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans
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