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Tag Archives: Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War
Remembering Ball’s Bluff
Today is the anniversary of the 1861 battle of Ball’s Bluff. A small affair by the standards established later in the war, the battle nonetheless had a magnified impact because it directly led to the establishment of the Joint Committee … Continue reading
Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part four in a series In part three of this series, we examined the question of how George G. Meade’s operational orders and the logistical challenges forged by the atrocious weather affected the Army of the Potomac’s pursuit of the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Alexander Hays, Alfred Pleasonton, Andrew Humphreys, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Benjamin Wade, George Custer, George Meade, George Sykes, Governeur Warren, Henry Heth, Henry Slocum, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, John Newton, John Sedgwick, Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War, Judson Kilpatrick, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Theodore Lyman, William French, Williamsport, XI Corps, XII Corps
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A Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part one in a series My two most recent posts dealt with the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War’s attempt to crucify George Gordon Meade for allegedly deciding to retreat from the battlefield at Gettysburg. Maj. Gen. Daniel … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, First Corps, George Meade, George Sykes, Governeur Warren, Henry Slocum, III Corps, James Longstreet, John Buford, John Sedgwick, Joint Committe on the Conduct of the War, Oliver Howard, Robert E. Lee, V Corps, VI Corps
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