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Tag Archives: John Pope
ECW Podcast: Politics and Leadership Between Second Manassas and Antietam
Historians Kevin Pawlak, Dan Welch, and Chris Mackowski talk about the period between the battles of Second Manassas and Antietam: John Pope, Fitz John Porter, and Politics A-Plenty! Listen for free here on our website or by using Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Podcast
Tagged Antietam, ECW Podcast, Fitz John Porter, John Pope, Second Manassas
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What If…John Pope Had Invaded Canada?
Many ECW readers will know (and perhaps take delight in the fact) that Major General John Pope was banished to Minnesota in the wake of his disastrous defeat at the battle of Second Bull Run. President Abraham Lincoln asked Pope … Continue reading
Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg (part four)
Read the first parts of this story here. Part 4 – Law’s Alabama Brigade on the move from Culpepper to Little Washington, Virginia. At 5 a.m. on Monday, June 15, Evander Law’s Brigade of 2,000 Alabama “Yellowhammers” moved out of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Preservation
Tagged Army of Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, development, Evander Law, greenspace, Joe Loehle, John Pope, Law's Alabama Brigade, laws-brigade-route-to-gettysburg, Little Washington, Preservation, Ralph Nadar, Rappahannock County, Roger Scruton, Sperryville, Teddy Roosevelt, Yellowhammers and Environmentalism
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: The Carnage Was Fearful
by Michael Block When I was working as a government contractor, I was “offered” the opportunity—in addition to my other duties and responsibilities—to manage, mentor, and support a small group of our team members, working on one- or two-person contracts … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged Army of Virginia, Cedar Mountain, ECWS-Series, Edward Stackpole, From Cedar Mountain to Antietam, John Hennessy, John Pope, Michael Block, Mike Block, Return to Bull Run, Robert K. Krick, Second Manassas Campaign, Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain, The Carnage Was Fearful
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ECW on C-SPAN: Mackowski on Stevenson
Ooops! We didn’t get the heads-up in time to let you know in advance, but the next video from last summer’s Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge has aired on C-SPAN. “Fearless of all Danger,” Chris Mackowski’s talk on … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Symposium
Tagged 2021 Symposium, C-SPAN, C-SPAN 2, Chris Mackowski, Dan Welch, Fallen Leaders, John Pope, Thomas Greely Stevenson
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A Chronology of the Confederacy’s 1862 Counterstrokes
Several months ago, I crossed an item off my Civil War bucket list: visiting the Perryville battlefield. While at the visitor center, I watched a video which put the Confederate invasion of Kentucky into the larger context of the war. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Baton Rouge, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Charleston, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Munfordville, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Prairie Grove, Battle of Richmond, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Braxton Bragg, Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Edmund Kirby Smith, foreign intervention, France, Francis Herron, George B. McClellan, Great Britain, Great Britain and the Civil War, Henry Halleck, James Blunt, Jefferson Davis, John Breckinridge, John Pope, Kanawha Valley Campaign, Kentucky, Lord Palmerston, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Robert E. Lee, Russia, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Hindman, William Loring, William S. Rosecrans, Winchester
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Fallen Leaders: Admiral Andrew H. Foote – Another Farragut?
February 6, 1862, midday: Advance cavalry elements of Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant’s 17,000-man force broke from the woods fronting the Confederate fort they intended to attack and were startled to observe the Stars and Stripes flying from the flagpole. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Navies, Western Theater
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Andrew H. Foote, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Fort Henry, Battle of Island Number 10, David D. Porter, Fallen Leaders, Fallen-Leaders-21, Gideon Welles, ironclads, John Pope, Mississippi River Squadron, Mortars, Samuel F. DuPont, Ulysses Grant, USS Carondelet, USS Essex, Western Gunboat Flotilla
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Symposium Spotlight: John Pope
Over the past several weeks we have been introducing you to the individuals and topics of this year’s Symposium theme, Fallen Leaders. Next up, Dan Welch previews his presentation on John Pope.
Assessing the Enemy: James Longstreet and John Pope at Second Bull Run
Union general John Pope’s decision-making during the campaign of Second Bull Run has been justly scrutinized by historians and armchair generals alike. In large part this scrutiny has stemmed from Pope’s bombast upon his arrival in Virginia and his failure … Continue reading
