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Tag Archives: Jonesboro
Please—no more Jonesboropia!
In my new book, Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood (Mercer University Press, December 2019), I coin a word, Jonesboropia, to refer to the persistent myth that the battle of Jonesboro, fought south of Atlanta on … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Western Theater
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Carter Center, Jacob Cox, John Bell Hood, Jonesboro, Macon & Western Railroad, Mount Gilead Church, Oliver Otis Howard, Rough and Ready, Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood, Wilbur Kurtz, William Hardee, William T. Sherman
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The 47th Tennessee Infantry at Shiloh
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the American Civil War, Don Carlos Buell’s arrival at Shiloh with over 15,000 men, stands as the most famous reinforcement of the war. Its importance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 12th Tennessee Infantry, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta, Benjamin Cheatham, Bentonville, Bushrod Johnson, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Franklin, Jonesboro, Leonidas Polk, Nashville, Peachtree Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Prestpn Smith, Shiloh, Stones River, Ulysses S. Grant
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From Raymond to Vicksburg: In the Footsteps of an Illinois Battery
A few weeks ago I was looking through the pictures that I took on the Western Tour Chris Mackowski, his daughter Steph and I did in May. As I progressed through the pictures of the Raymond battlefield and at Vicksburg, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Illinois Artillery, Army of the Tennessee, Battery D, Battle of Raymond, Battle of Shiloh, Captain Henry Rogers, Fort Donelson, James McPherson, John Bell Hood, John Logan, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, North Georgia Campaign, Siege of Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, XVII Corps
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