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Tag Archives: Joint Committee
On Meade’s Mind, 152 Years Ago
George Gordon Meade had much on his mind as he waited for the train from Washington to arrive. Onboard, the general-in-chief of all Union armies, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, was coming from Washington to take his place with the … Continue reading
Question of the Week—1/4-1/10/16
In the fall of 1863, as George Gordon Meade tried to grapple with the Army of Northern Virginia, his former III Corps commander, Dan Sickles, was back in Washington stirring up controversy: to cover his own blunder at Gettysburg on … Continue reading
“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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Review: A Little Short of Boats by James Morgan III
With the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff coming up, I wanted to take a minute to plug James Morgan’s fantastic little book about the battle, A Little Short of Boats: The Battles of Balls’ Bluff & Edwards … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged A Little Short of Boats, Ball's Bluff, Charles Stone, James Morgan, Joint Committee
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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
