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Tag Archives: Joseph Hooker
“Give it to ‘em:” Cleburne at Ringgold Gap
ECW welcomes back guest author Ed Lowe “No satisfactory excuse can possibly be given for the shameful conduct of our troops on the left in allowing their line to be penetrated,” lamented Confederate Army of Tennessee commander General Braxton Bragg … Continue reading
Unpublished: A 5th Maine Musician Detailed Mundane and Crucial Events
Unpublished letters written by a 5-4½ musician first class offer historically rich insight into minor and major events involving the Army of the Potomac. Born in Saco, Maine circa 1834, Samuel Franklyn Parcher lived in Portland prior to enlisting in … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 15th New York Engineers, 1st New York Cavalry, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, Chandler's Band, Chauncey B. Reese, Clinton G. Colgate, Eric Hill, James O. Parsons, Joseph Hooker, Lincoln Cavalry, Portland, Saco, Samuel Franklyn Pierce, Unpublished-2022, VI Corps, William T. H. Brooks
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Battle Above the Clouds
Writing Battle above the Clouds To date, I have written eleven books, co-authored one (Tullahoma) and contributed essays to two more. Most of that writing has been published by Savas Beatie, though I have also worked with Southern Illinois University … Continue reading
Antietam: A Tactical Union Victory
The Battle of Antietam was a key turning point in the American Civil War and American history. In short, it turned back Robert E. Lee’s first campaign north of the Potomac River and led to the issuance of the Preliminary—and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, antietam creek, Battle of Antietam, Battle of North Anna, Burnside Bridge, Dunker Church Plateau, Emancipation Proclamation, George B. McClellan, James Longstreet, Joseph Hooker, Middle Bridge, Pry's Ford, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days Battles, Snavely's Ford, Stephen D. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Upper Bridge
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Sherman’s Prescience on Hooker
I came across a letter the other day from “Uncle Billy” Sherman to his wife, written on this date in 1863. Grant was preparing for his move across the Mississippi for what would become his overland campaign against Vicksburg, but … Continue reading
Joe and the Illini: The Unclear Origins of Two “Fighting” Nicknames
Every few years my alma mater, the University of Illinois, renews the discussion of renaming its sports teams and creating a new mascot. In 2007 the school retired Chief Illiniwek and the trademarked Chief logo in an attempt to distance … Continue reading
The Second Seminole War as a Civil War Training Ground
In the popular narrative of the coming of the Civil War, the U.S.-Mexico War is often identified as the military crucible through which many of the war’s most famous battlefield leaders first passed—gaining lessons in leadership and combat operations under … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Ties to the War
Tagged Braxton Bragg, C. S. Monaco, Cecily Nelson Zander, Cecily Zander, Col. Duncan L. Clinch, Everglades, Florida, George G. Meade, George H. Thomas, John K. Mahon, John Sherman, Joseph E. Johnston, Joseph Hooker, Jubal Early, Mexican-American War, Robert Anderson, Rock of Chickamauga, Second Seminole War, Seminole Nation, U.S.-Mexico War, Vera Cruz, William T. Sherman, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor
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Henry Hunt Reflects on the Battle of Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville was a black eye for the Army of the Potomac. But while it no doubt marked the beginning of the end of Joseph Hooker’s stint as army commander, it did not sour the desire for victory among the army’s … Continue reading
BookChat with Zachery Fry, author of A Republic in the Ranks
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Zachery Fry, assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Dr. Frey is the author of A Republic in the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Books & Authors, Lincoln, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, BookChat, Copperhead's, Don Carlos Buell, Fredericksburg, George B. McClellan, Joseph Hooker, Keith Altavilla, Krisopher Teters, Mud March, Republic in the Ranks, UNC Press, Zach Fry, Zachery Fry
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Book Review: The Cornfield, Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point
Alongside Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle and Shiloh’s Hornet’s Nest, the fighting in David Miller’s Cornfield on the Antietam battlefield ranks as one of the toughest Civil War landscapes to make any sense of. It should then come as no surprise that … Continue reading
