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Tag Archives: James Ricketts
Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm
Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 106th New York, 13th Georgia, 14th New Jersey, 61st Georgia, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, Christian Keefer Thomas, Clement Evans, Eugene C. Gordon, Frederick, James H. Baker, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Tigers, Monocacy, Stonewall Brigade, Thomas Farm, William Seward Jr.
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Mourning a Friend
Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. died almost 130 years before I was born. And yet, as I read his letters from the Civil War, I found myself identifying with Vredenburgh and thinking of him as a close companion. Which perhaps explains why, … Continue reading
A General Redeemed: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint, part two of a series. Saturday, July 9th, 1864, came following a night of thunderous rain and lightning showers. The first rays of sunlight poked over the nearby mountains and revealed two armies poised … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Army of the Valley, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Frederick Alexander's Baltimore Battery, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Monocacy, Monocacy Bridges, Monocacy Junction, Monocacy National Battlefield, Monocacy River, Thomas House, VIII Corps, Worthington House
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A General Fallen from Grace: Lew Wallace before Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint. Part one in a series. Musketry crackled in the distance, heavy cannonading made the ground rumble, hundreds of men died up ahead, and Major General Lew Wallace was on the wrong road. Wallace and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Early's invasion of Maryland, Fort Donelson, Henry Halleck, James Ricketts, John Garret, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Middle Department, Monocacy, Monocacy Junction, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant, VIII Corps, Wallace's Third Division
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