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Tag Archives: Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Symposium Spotlight: The Battle of Ball’s Bluff
reporting by ECW Correspondent Jessica Goetz “You will never have a complete story,” says Jim Morgan. That’s his take on the Civil War in general and on the battle of Ball’s Bluff, in particular. Jim, author of A Little Short … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Jim Morgan
This week the Symposium Spotlight shines on Jim Morgan. Mr. Morgan’s study of the battle of Ball’s Bluff in the fall of 1861 has been widely recognized as the definitive work on the battle and it’s campaign since its release. … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: The Desert War II
A charismatic general fights for an extended period in one theater against the same force under a succession of generals. Despite being outnumbered and often under-supplied, he manages to win a series of spectacular victories that capture the world’s attention … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Ties to the War
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps, Battle of the Wilderness, British Army, Eastern Theater, Eighth Army, El Alamein, Erwin Rommel, Gazala, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Montgomery, North Africa, Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, World War II
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part five in a series In the previous installment, we examined George Gordon Meade’s decision to defer an all-out assault along the lines at Williamsport for a day, instead of following his own aggressive instincts. Instead, he listened to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 9th Massachusetts Infantry, Ambrose Burnside, Andrew Humphreys, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Chancellorsville, Charles Wainwright, Edward Porter Alexander, George Meade, Henry Hunt, I Corps, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Lemon's Ferry, Marye's Heights, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Willaimsport
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, the Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part three in a series In part two of this series, we examined the impact of the heavy losses sustained by the command structure of the Army of the Potomac on its ability to bring the Army of Northern Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Wade, Boonsboro, George Meade, Gettysburg Campaign, JEB Stuart, John Buford, John McAdam, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Lemon's Ferry, National Road, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, VI Corps, Williamsport, XI Corps
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An Enduring Controversy: The Pipe Creek Circular and the Battle of Gettysburg
Part Two In part one of this two-part series, we examined the content of the Pipe Creek Circular, and we also looked at the Pipe Creek Line itself. In this, the second part, we will examine the controversy created by … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, First Corps, George G. Meade, III Corps, Iron Brigade, John Buford, John Reynolds, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Oliver O. Howard, Pipe Creek, Pipe Creek Circular, Winfield S. Hancock, XI Corps, XII Corps
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“If You Have Any Orders to Give Me, I am Prepared to Receive and Obey Them”: The Command Struggles of Gen. George Meade, September 1863-March 1864 (part II)
The second in a two-part series During the Bristoe Station Campaign, George Gordon Meade believed that Lee had been the superior general. “I am free to admit that in the playing of it he has got the advantage of me,” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Station, Culpepper, Dan Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, Edwin Stanton, George Gordon Meade, Gideon Welles, Gouverneur K. Warren, Henry Halleck, Joe Hooker, Joint Committee, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Lincoln, meade, meade-orders-to-give-me, Mine Run, Rappahannock Station
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Ball’s Bluff and the Fall of Charles Stone
Second in a series When Union forces tumbled into the Potomac River on the evening of October 21, 1861 following their rout at Ball’s Bluff, the disaster was just beginning. The ripples from that plunge would be felt all the way … Continue reading
One of the Smallest–and Most Significant–Battles of the War
Once bodies started floating down the Potomac past Washington, it was tough for officials in the capital to overlook the battle at Ball’s Bluff. It was bad enough that the Union forces there had been soundly trounced. Of the 1,700 … Continue reading
