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Tag Archives: John Pemberton
A Quick Video Tour of Vicksburg
In August 2021, I had the chance to visit Vicksburg National Military Park and took the opportunity to shoot some video footage while I was out and about. It’s not a comprehensive tour–parts of the park were closed and I … Continue reading
“Our Army Was Thoroughly Beaten”: An English Rebel Remembers Champion Hill
ECW is pleased to welcome back Daniel A. Masters This extraordinary letter, written by former English army officer Stephen Edward Monaghan Underhill to his mother in Coldstream, Scotland in the waning days of the siege of Vicksburg, gives us an … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged 65th Alabama, 78th Ohio, Baker's Creek, Big Black River, Champion Hill, Daniel Masters, Edward's Depot, Elias S. Dennis, John Pemberton, Lloyd Tilghman, Lt. John C. Douglas, S. D. Lee, Stephen Dill Lee, Stephen Edward Monaghan Underhill, Vicksburg, Vicksburg Campaign, William Loring
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Arkansas’s Role in the Vicksburg Campaign (part one)
ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Carson Butler. Part one of two. The Mississippi River is one of the most defining features of the North American continent, and during the American Civil War, it proved to be vital in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Sieges, Trans-Mississippi
Tagged 12th Arkansas Battaltion, Arkansans-at-Vicksburg, Arkansas, Big Black River, Carson Butler, Champion Hill, Franklin Gardner, John Pemberton, Magnolia Church, Martin Edwin Green, Port Gibson, Port Hudson, Siege of Vicksburg, Trans-Mississippi, Vicksburg Campaign
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The Forlorn Hope at Vicksburg
Google “Forlorn Hope” + “Civil War” and several desperate actions show up. “A forlorn hope,” says the Wikipedia entry, which shows up first, “is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 30th Ohio, 36th Mississippi, 37th Ohio, 47th Ohio, 4th West Virginia, Assaults on Vicksburg, Forlorn Hope, Francis Cockrell, Frank Blair, Graveyard Road, James Tuttle, John Pemberton, Joseph E. Johnston, Louis Hebert, Siege of Vicksburg, Stockade Redan, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Vicksburg National Military Park, William T. Sherman
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“Independence Forever”–except in Vicksburg
To commemorate 1826’s July Fourth celebrations in Quincy, Massachusetts—which marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—the organizing committee approached the town’s elder statesman, John Adams. Adams, the single most important voice of the independence movement in the Second … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Holidays, Memory, Slavery
Tagged 4th of July, freedom, Independence Day, Independence Forever, John Adams, John Pemberton, July Fourth, liberty, secession, Slavery, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg
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ECW Weekender: Pemberton’s HQ in Vicksburg
Considering how little John Pemberton wanted to be in Vicksburg, it’s a small wonder anyone would want to go there to visit him. Yet even today, his headquarters remains open for visitation a century and a half after the fall … Continue reading
Lee’s Overland Engineer: Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith
History buffs can only name a handful of personalities from the Civil War that seem present at many important events. One man that finds himself involved in widespread actions is Confederate engineer Martin Luther Smith. Smith played a crucial role … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Confederate Engineer Corps, David Farragut, Hanover Junction, James Longstreet, John Bell Hood, John Pemberton, Longstreet's Flank Attack, Martin Luther Smith, Mobile, Mobile Bay, Mule Shoe, North Anna River, Overland Campaign, Robert E. Lee, Spotsylvania, Tennessee Campaign, Vickburg, wilderness
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“Either a Traitor or the Most Incompetent Officer in the Confederacy”
This is another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series John Clifford Pemberton, to Civil War enthusiasts, conjures up one word: Vicksburg. On July 4, 1863, the Confederate lieutenant general surrendered the “Gibraltar of the West.” With the loss … Continue reading
Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Five
Part five in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Western Theater
Tagged Antietam Cornfield, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Shiloh, Bennett Place, Chancellorsville, Don Carlos Buell, Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost, Emancipation Proclamation, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Frank Chapman, George McCellan, Gettysburg, Henry Halleck, John Bell Hood, John Pemberton, John Sherman, Knoxville, New York Herald, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, William T. Sherman
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