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Tag Archives: Joseph E. Johnston
What If…George Thomas Had Marched Through Snake Creek Gap?
On May 7, 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman set his three armies marching. At the time, they were stretched on a long front, from Red Clay on the Georgia-Tennessee line to Lee’s and Gordon’s Mills, more than a dozen … Continue reading
America’s First Air Force: Union Aeronauts and McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, Part Three – Gaines’ Farm Station
ECW welcomes back guest author Jeff Ballard Read Part One and Part Two. The final week of May 1862 denoted the high-water mark of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign as five corps of the Army of the Potomac partially encircled Richmond. By … Continue reading
Why Did Robert E. Lee Think Highly of George B. McClellan?
When Civil War students rate the top generals of the war, Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan can usually be found at opposite ends of the rankings. Though he has had some detractors, Lee is commonly found among the … Continue reading
Advancing To Strasburg: Union Generals See What They Want To See In The Shenandoah Valley
In the March 18, 1862, edition of the Staunton Spectator, residents of the middle Shenandoah Valley read about the Confederates’ evacuation of Winchester and the Union army’s arrival in that same town. Then, the early reporting of new Federal movements … Continue reading
ECW on C-SPAN: Crenshaw and Dunkerly on Joe Johnston
C-SPAN’s coverage of the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge continues this weekend. On Saturday, C-SPAN 2 will feature a talk about the fall of Joseph E. Johnston offered as a double-team by historians Doug Crenshaw and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 Symposium, Bert Dunkerly, C-SPAN, Doug Crenshaw, Joseph E. Johnston
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Under Fire: A Bullet and Blood at Bull Run
A bullet striking a comrade standing just a few feet away introduced a Maine soldier to combat’s realities. A 22-year-old college student when Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, Frank Lindley Lemont grew up on the Lewiston farm owned by his … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 2nd Vermont Infantry, 3rd Maine Infantry, 4th Maine Infantry, 5th Maine Infantry, Aaron S. Daggett, Brian Swartz, Bull Run, Emery W. Sawyer, First-Experiences-Under-Fire, Frank L. Lemont, Frank Lindley Lemont, Irvin McDowell, Joseph E. Johnston, Lewiston, Maine at War, manassas, Oliver Otis Howard, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Sudley Church, Sudley Ford, Under-Fire, Young’s Branch
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A Bold Scheme and a Mysterious Coincidence in the Final Days of the Vicksburg Campaign
By July 15, 1863, Gen. Joe Johnston’s “Army of Relief” suddenly found itself in need of relief of its own. Johnston’s impotent posturing during most of the Vicksburg Campaign had done little to alleviate Confederate misfortunes inside the besieged city, … Continue reading
“Sublime but Dismal Grandeur”: The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi
“There are some slight errors in history in regard to the capture of Jackson, which I will take opportunity to correct,” declared Samuel C. Miles, a veteran of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, in a 1893 letter to the National Tribune. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Memory, Newspapers
Tagged 8th Wisconsin, Battle of Jackson, Jackson Mississippi, James McPherson, James Tuttle, Joe Johnston, John Gregg, Joseph E. Johnston, Joseph Mower, Live Eagle Brigade, National Tribune, Old Abe war eagle, S. C. Miles, Samuel Miles, Vicksburg Campaign, William T. Sherman
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Free ECW Podcast: Johnston & Johnston in the Western Theater
Albert Sidney Johnston and Joseph E. Johnston were both sent to command the Confederacy’s western theatre. ECW historians Greg Mertz, Angela Riotto, and Kris White join host Chris Mackowski to talk about the very different circumstances the Johnstons faced. Listen … Continue reading
BookChat with Timothy B. Smith, author of The Union Assaults on Vicksburg
I was pleased to spend some time recently with the most recent book by historian Timothy B. Smith, The Union Assaults on Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863, published by the University Press of Kansas (find out more about … Continue reading
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Tagged 26th Louisiana, 36th Mississippi, Battle of Vicksburg, BookChat, Francis Shoup, John McClernand, Joseph E. Johnston, Stockade Redan, Timothy B. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Assaults on Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Vicksburg National Military Park, Winchester Hall
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