Tag Archives: Henry Benning

“Old Rock” Benning’s Georgia Brigade at Gettysburg and Those Three Northern Guns Captured on July 2

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Steve Davis

Forty years ago, as a doctoral graduate student at Emory University, I received invitation to write about several Confederate generals for The Dictionary of Georgia Biography (2 vols., Athens, 1983). One of those whom I chose was Henry Lewis Benning, … Continue reading →

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Benning’s Breastworks at the Burnside Bridge

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

People visiting the Antietam battlefield often wonder why the Confederate defenders did not entrench or build breastworks to strengthen their positions. After all, Antietam’s landscape is not marred by miles of trenches and extant earthworks. “Why not?” they wonder. Answering … Continue reading →

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Recollections of Confederate Officers for The News

Posted on February 15, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author, Joe Owen. Joe has provided an account from Sergeant Val Giles of the 4th Texas Infantry. It was originally published in The Galveston Daily News on May 16, 1897.

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“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Daniel Davis

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 →

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Reynolds Reconsidered

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Kristopher D. White

The question that has always lingered in my mind, Was John Reynolds a great corps commander? Major General John Fulton Reynolds reputation as corps commander has always baffled me as an historian. He was only really tested once as a … Continue reading →

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