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Tag Archives: James Longstreet
“I Should Be Sorry to See Fredericksburg Suffer:” The Battle of Fredericksburg’s Impact on the Town’s Civilians
ECW welcomes guest author Abbi Smithmyer Every year, countless individuals flock to America’s Civil War battlefields for a firsthand look at places impacted by the conflict. Narratives of these engagements are mostly centered on the army commanders and men in … Continue reading
The Confederate “Slave Hunt” and the Gettysburg Campaign
ECW welcomes guest author Cooper Wingert Civil War historians are apt to recite one well-known fact about the battle of Gettysburg—that despite the immense carnage which blanketed the fields outside of the small Pennsylvania borough, the Civil War’s bloodiest battle … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Slavery
Tagged Albert Jenkins, Castle Thunder, freedmen, George Pickett, Gettysburg Campaign, James Longstreet, Moxley Sorrel, Robert E. Lee
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Book Review: Custer’s Gray Rival
Biographies abound of the Confederacy’s more well-known cavalry officers, especially J. E. B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest. But similar works detailing the lives of the next tier of Confederate cavaliers are less easy to find. Sheridan R. Barringer’s Custer’s Gray … Continue reading
E.P. Alexander’s Research Methodology
Every Civil War scholar should be familiar with the writings of Confederate First Corps artillerist Edward Porter Alexander (no relation). Many know him through Gary Gallagher’s compilation of his papers from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North … Continue reading
Mistake or Cover Up? Seven Pines, May 31, 1862
In late May 1862 George McClellan’s massive army was at the outskirts of Richmond, trying to move a few miles closer to the city so it could employ its massive siege guns. Confederate commander Joseph E. Johnston was desperately searching … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Memory
Tagged D.H. Hill, James Longstreet, Joseph E. Johnston, Memory, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Pines
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Symposium Fallout: Is Leading from the Front All that Bad?
This weekend’s symposium gave me a lot to think about on my drive home from the Jackson Shrine on Sunday. The thought bubbles did not stop popping up when I got home either. There was a lot to think about … Continue reading
Seven Pines and Seven Days: Robert E. Lee Replaces “Old Joe” Johnston (part two)
(part two of three) Robert E. Lee’s first actions as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia were to instill discipline and to construct earthworks around the city. He was quickly derided for this in the press and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged A.P. Hill, Beaver Dam Creek, D.H. Hill, Gaines Mill, George B. McClellan, High Meadows, James Longstreet, Joseph C. Ives, Porter Alexander, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days, Seven-pines-seven-days-series, Stonewall Jackson, Stuart's ride around McClellan, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series
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The Woundings of Jackson and Longstreet
The circumstances were eerily similar: both Confederate lieutenant generals had led successful flank attacks through the dark, close woods of the Wilderness when they were accidentally shot by their own men. For both Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, it seemed … Continue reading
A Place for Historical Fiction: Savas Beatie Tests the Waters
Really? Savas Beatie published a novel? No way! . . . and then I talked to publisher Ted Savas. The following is an interview concerning the publication of Six Days in September, a novel of Lee’s army in Maryland, 1862.
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged Alexander Rossino, Antietam, Chris Mackowski, James Longstreet, Lee, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
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