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Tag Archives: Glendale
Preservation Groups: The Richmond Battlefields Association
I recently had the opportunity to talk to Bernie Fisher, president of the RBA about the history and accomplishments of the local preservation organization. The RBA was established in 2001. Julie and Bob Krick provided the spark as a small … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Cold Harbor, Fort Harrison, Gaines's Mill, Glendale, Haw's Shop, Second Deep Bottom
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Seven Pines and Seven Days: Robert E. Lee Replaces “Old Joe” Johnston (part three)
(part three of three) On the morning of June 29, Robert E. Lee was faced with an opportunity few commanders ever have. His enemy, with 100,000 men, hundreds of guns, and thousands of wagons, was retreating across his front. McClellan … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged A.P. Hill, Benjamin Huger, Chickahominy River, D.H. Hill, George B. McClellan, Glendale, John Magruder, Lewis Armistead, Malvern Hill, Robert E. Lee, Savage Station, Seven Days, Seven-pines-seven-days-series, Stonewall Jackson, Theophilus Holmes, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series, White Oak Swamp
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On Location: At Glendale with Author Doug Crenshaw
Although Doug Crenshaw and I were following the Seven Days battles so I could take some photos for his upcoming Emerging Civil War Series book, he also has a brand-new book published by History Press call The Battle of Glendale: … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, On Location, Preservation
Tagged Civil War Trust, Doug Crenshaw, Glendale, Preservation
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A Pennsylvania Blacksmith Goes to War
At the turn of the nineteenth century, Charles R. Bowen found it fitting to include a brief biographical sketch of his father, Levi A. Bowen, in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County Pennsylvania. Charles was around thirty years of age … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Memory
Tagged Glendale, pennsylvania reserves, Seven Days Battles
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“Such a Prize Within Our Reach…”—Secretary Salazar’s Glendale Announcement
“Never, before or after, did the fates put such a prize within our reach,” Confederate memoirist E.P. Alexander wrote of the Battle of Glendale. But for many visitors to Richmond National Battlefield Park, the Glendale battlefield is merely a green … Continue reading
