2022 ECW Symposium Ticket – $225.00
ECW Archives
-
Recent Posts
Search by Post Categories
Subscribe BY RSS
Email Subscription
Tag Archives: George Thomas
The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: All Hell Can’t Stop Them
Very early in the writing process for the book that became Battle Above the Clouds, the publisher, the editor, and myself all decided that instead of trying to encompass all of the fighting for Chattanooga into one ECW Series volume, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Cavalry, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged All Hell Can't Stop Them, Army of the Cumberland, Battle Above the Clouds, Battles for Chattanooga, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Cleveland Tennessee, Col. Eli Long, copper mill, Dave Powell, David Powell, ECWS-Series, Emerging Civil War Series, George Thomas, Impulse of Victory, Joe Hooker, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, William S. Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
2 Comments
The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Battle Above the Clouds
Writing Battle above the Clouds To date, I have written eleven books, co-authored one (Tullahoma) and contributed essays to two more. Most of that writing has been published by Savas Beatie, though I have also worked with Southern Illinois University … Continue reading
On Monuments, America Must Never Surrender to Confederates, Old or New (conclusion)
part four of four ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Frank J. Scaturro. Frank is president of the Grant Monument Association and the author of President Grant Reconsidered and The Supreme Court’s Retreat from Reconstruction. He is currently writing a book … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Reconstruction
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Charlotte Scott, Counter Reconstruction, Frank J. Scaturro, Frederick Douglass, Freedmen's Memorial, George Thomas, Hamburg Massacre, Hiram Revels, John A. Bingham, John Mercer Langston, Joseph Rainey, Lincoln's Second Inaugural, Mary McLeod Bethune, Monuments, On-Monuments-Never-Surrender-to-Confederates, Queen Elizabeth II, Ulysses S. Grant
27 Comments
Sherman and Thomas outside Atlanta
Driving through farm country in Western New York recently, I drove past a scene that harkened me back to a similar scene during the Civil War. There was a farm stand and two men walking together and talking quite intently … Continue reading
Spotlight: ECW & MacArthur Memorial Symposium
In 1951, General Douglas MacArthur described himself as “the reunion of blue and gray personified.” The experiences of his family in the Civil War helped mold and inspire MacArthur during his military career. MacArthur ancestors served in the East and … Continue reading
Paying My Respects to Pap Thomas
As a Virginian who stayed loyal to the Union, perhaps it makes sense that George Thomas was laid to rest somewhere in the north. In that grand scheme of things, Troy, NY, seems as likely a place as anywhere. Troy … Continue reading
Happy 200th, General Thomas
200 years ago this weekend George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. The link below is an appreciation of Thomas I did in 2014. Pap Thomas to the Sledge of Nashville
Civil War Echoes: Philippine Scouts
As many of you know, I’ve been working on a book about Bataan and Corregidor (it went to the publisher today). I’ve blogged and spoken about several Civil War connections to those battles and their participants. Here’s one I just … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Battle of Chickamauga, Corregidor, George Thomas, Philippine Scouts, Philippines, Rock of Chickamauga, USCT, World War II
2 Comments
A Second Medal of Honor: Thomas Ward Custer at Sailor’s Creek
The scene about to play out was one that had become all too familiar in recent days. Union cavalry squadrons were preparing to assault an enemy position. An artillerist recalled that it was “the grandest sight he had ever witnessed.” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 1873 Yellowstone Expedition, 1874 Black Hills Expediation, 1876 Sioux War, 21st Ohio Infantry, 2nd North Carolina Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry, 7th U.S. Cavalry, Battle of Little Big Horn, Battle of Stones River, Battle of the Washita, Battle of Waynesboro, City Point, Five Forks, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, George Armstrong Custer, George Thomas, Henry Capehart, James Negley, Namozine Church, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Richard S. Ewell, Sailor's Creek, Stones River, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Ward Custer, U.S. Grant
2 Comments
What Did They Know?
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes When considering historical events, it is too easy to wonder, given what happened, why in the world our ancestors did what they did. But we must remember that they … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Navies, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Albert Edward, Alexander Stephens, Army of the James, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Charleston South Carolina, CSS Florida, CSS Shenandoah, George B. McClellan, George Thomas, James Longstreet, James Waddell, John Bell Hood, Jubal Early, March to the Sea, Mobile, Osprey, P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Selma, Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Tallahassee, Ulysse S. Grant, William T. Sherman
1 Comment
