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Book Review: On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth By Annette Gordon-Reed Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021, $15.95 Reviewed by Jon Tracey Thanks to current discussions of inequality and increased reflection on the past, Juneteenth has grown from a Texas tradition to one that has garnered attention across … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Book Review, civil war memory, emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, Gordon Granger, history vs. memory, Juneteenth, Memory, race, Slavery, Texas
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Granger’s Juneteenth Orders and the Limiting of Freedom
Juneteenth is recognized as the symbolic end of slavery in the United States. Galveston, Texas, held out as a Confederate stronghold after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Once occupied by Union forces, Major General Gordon Granger established his headquarters … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Memory, Newspapers, Primary Sources, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged cotton, emancipation, Galveston, Gordon Granger, Juneteenth, Slavery
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The Battle of Shelbyville
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick One of the most dramatic and decisive cavalry clashes of the American Civil War occurred at Shelbyville on Sunday, June 27, 1863. John A. Wyeth of 4th Alabama … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 18th Ohio Artillery, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, 3rd Alabama Cavalry, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 4th Michigan Cavalry, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Shelbyville, Braxton Bragg, David Stanley, Gilley's Gap, Gordon Granger, Hoover's Gap, Joseph Wheeler, Liberty Gap, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Robert Minty, Robert Mitchell, Tullahoma Campaign, William Martin, William Rosecrans
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Stones in the Road: “Remember Chickamauga”
Part five in a series. The changing leaves fell slowly to the ground from the trees atop Lookout Mountain. Overlooking Chattanooga, Tennesee, this great giant peered down on the Union lines around the city. Inside, the Army of the Cumberland … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Chattanooga, Absalom Baird, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Tennessee, George Thomas, Gordon Granger, Joseph Hooker, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob, Patrick Cleburne, Phil Sheridan, Richard Johnson, Thomas Wood, Tunnel Hill, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Stones in the Road: Phil Sheridan and the Shadow of Chickamauga
Part three in a series. During the American Civil War, or any armed conflict for that matter, the action or inaction of a high ranking officer often spawned controversy. Some of the more popular examples we can point to today … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Army of the Cumberland, Braxton Bragg, Chickamauga, George Thomas, Gordon Granger, Horsehoe Ridge, James Longstreet, Phil Sheridan, Snodgrass Hill, William Rosecrans
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