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Tag Archives: John Hennessy
A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part four)
(part four of five) Earlier this week, Dave Ruth retired as superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield—a national park that preserves stories from Civil War campaigns in both the 1862 and 1864. But as Dave explains today, the park’s layers of … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Andy Shield, Civil War Trust, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Dave Ruth, Hanover County, John Hennessy, Malvern Hill, Mike Andrus, National Park Service, Patrick Henry, Preservation, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rural Plains, Rural Plains Foundation, Totopotomoy Creek
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War Comes to St. George’s (part four)
(part four in a series) After the battle of Fredericksburg and before the battle of Chancellorsville, the Confederate army used St. George’s for services and revivals. J. William Jones reported in his memoir Christ in the Camp that revivals were … Continue reading
War Comes to St. George’s (part two)
(part two in a series) In the summer of 2010, Park Service historian John Hennessy and I presented a History at Sunset program entitled “Slavery and Slave Places in Fredericksburg.” One of our stops was at St. George Episcopal Church’s … Continue reading
Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part one)
part one of five I have spent my entire retirement working at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields National Military Park. As a young kid standing on Marye’s Heights in 1958, fascinated by the battlefield and the view from high … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, National Park Service, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, John Hennessy, National Park Service, slave auction block, slavery, Steward Henderson, Steward-Henderson-Fredericksburg-Series, USCT
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Searching for Frank Krug (part two)
Today, we’re pleased to offer the second of a two-part guest post by Tom Schobert. Tom is the president of the Buffalo (NY) Civil War Roundtable. A retired healthcare administrator, Tom is life-long student of the Civil War and has been a reenactor for more … Continue reading
My Life as a Black Civil War Living Historian—part two
Part two in a series As a Park Service historian, I give tours on all four of the Park’s battlefields: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. I loved talking about the military history but never said much about the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, National Park Service, Slavery, USCT
Tagged Henderson-memoir, John Hennessy, NPS, Steward Henderson, USCT
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Remembering the war, the centennial, and the sesquicentennial
Guest-poster Caroline Davis is wrapping up an internship at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Now that the dust has settled from the Chancellorsville sesquicentennial, we asked her to reflect on what she learned from the commemoration. Because her work … Continue reading
Chinn Ridge-What Could Have Been?
Patchan, Scott C. Second Manassas, Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge. Potomac Books,Washington D.C; 2011. Pp. IX, 185. ISBN 978-1597976879. Hardcover. $26.95. Just because the 150th anniversary of the Second Battle of Manassas comes to an end does … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 2nd Manassas, Chinn Ridge, James Longstreet, John Hennessy, John Pope, National Park Service, Ohio, Robert E. Lee, Scott C. Patchan, Sesquicentennial, South Carolina, Texas
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A word about preservation at Manassas
Preservation still ranks as one of the top concerns at Manassas National Battlefield. In the mid-1990s, preservationists averted potential disaster when they forced the Walt Disney corporation to scrub plans for a proposed history-oriented theme park in the Manassas area. … Continue reading
Middle Child and Second Fiddle: The Sad Fate of Second Manassas
Try as I might, I can’t persuade my daughter to explore anything to do with Second Manassas. It’s July 29, 2000. Steph is six but already the veteran of several battlefielding campaigns, and she’s particularly a fan of First Manassas … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Antietam, Bull Run, First Manassas, George McClellan, John Hennessy, John Pope, manassas, Manassas National Battlefield, Maryland Campaign, Second Manassas, Stephwall, Stonewall Jackson
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