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Tag Archives: Joseph Kershaw
Last Photos from Fredericksburg’s 155th
Before we get too far away from the anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg, I just want to pass along a few pictures I took along the way yesterday during ECW’s Facebook LIVE event with the Civil War Trust and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Brompton, Civil War Trust, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Innis House, Joseph Kershaw, Marye's Heights, National Park Service, Pete Maugle, Sunken Road, Wayne Motts
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“Great Good Service”: Union Cavalry Holds Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
After taking command of the Army of the Potomac’s cavalry corps in April 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan was determined to expand the duties of his troopers. Traditionally, the primary role of cavalry was that of scouting, screening and intelligence … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1st New York Dragoons, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry, Alfred Torbert, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Matadequin Creek, Fitzhugh Lee, George A. Custer, James Kidd, Joseph Kershaw, Lawrence Keitt, Martin Gary, Matthew C. Butler, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Hoke, Thomas Clingman, Thomas Devin, Wesley Merritt
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“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg
The fighting that occurred 153 years ago on the south end of the Gettysburg battlefield is some of the best known in American military history. Names of key participants and individuals have been seared into the public conscience. Some gain … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battery L 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Daniel Sickles, Frank Gibbs, George Sykes, Hannibal Day, Henry Benning, Houcks Ridge, John Caldwell, Joseph Kershaw, Little Round Top, Paul Semmes, Plum Run Valley, Romeyn Ayres, Sidney Burbank, Sykes' Regular Division, The Wheatfield, William Wofford
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The Army of Northern Virginia’s Great Winter Battles
Since nearly half of the authors at Emerging Civil War are snowed in this weekend, and all of us at the site have been living with the great debate of the week—over canonizing Lee and Jackson, or hanging them from … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged 13th Georgia, 18th North Carolina, 28th North Carolina, 2nd South Carolina, 37th North Carolina, 61st Georgia, Charles McArthur, Fredericksburg, James Lane, James Longstreet, John B. Gordon, Joseph Kershaw, Kernstown, Lane's Brigade, Noah Collins, Stonewall Jackson, Texas Brigade
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Valor in Blue and Gray: Timothy O’Connor and Adam Ballenger at First Deep Bottom
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jimmy Price Part five in a series In my last post we finished off the First Battle of Deep Bottom by examining the final day of major fighting, July 28, 1864. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 13th South Carolina, 14th South Carolina, 18th North Carolina, 1st South Carolina, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 23rd Illinois, Adam Ballenger, Al Capone, Arlington National Cemetery, August Kautz, Confederate Medal of Honor, Curle's Neck, David M. Gregg, First Deep Bottom, J.F. Hunt, James Conner, James Lane, John Henagan, Joseph Kershaw, Medal of Honor, Robert Cowan, Samuel McGowan, Timothy O'Connor
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The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 28, 1864
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jimmy Price Part four in a series. In my last post we examined the first large-scale fighting of the First Battle of Deep Bottom – the clash at Tilghman’s Gate on … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 2nd U.S. Artillery, August Kautz, Chaffin's Bluff, David M. Gregg, Henry Heth, James Lane, John Henagan, Joseph Kershaw, Long Bridge, New Market Road, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Robert Cowan, Robert E. Lee, Samuel McGowan, Thomas Devin, Tilghman's Gate, Wesley Merritt, William Dennison, William Wofford, Winfield S. Hancock
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The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 27, 1864
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jimmy Price Part three is a series. The First Battle of Deep Bottom– also occasionally called the Battle of Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, Tilghman’s Gate, New Market Road, Gravel Hill, and even … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Navies, Personalities
Tagged 1st Rockbridge Artillery, 24th Virginia Cavalry, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, Army of the James, August Kautz, Battle of the Crater, Benjamin Humphreys, First Deep Bottom, Gravel Hill, II Corps, John Hazard, Joseph Kershaw, Malvern Hill, Martin Gary, Nelson Miles, New Market Road, Philip Sheridan, Regis de Trobriand, South Anna River, Strawberry Plains, Tilghman's Gate, U.S. Grant, USS Mendota, Virginia Central Railroad, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Closing Out the Valley: Recollection of a Public Historian at a Sesquicentennial Event
I wanted to write this post for about two weeks, but I just did not know how to start this blog entry or what to title it. So, after contemplating what to write for a few days, I figured I … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, National Park Service, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Cedar Creek, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, Joseph Kershaw, Middletown, National Park Service, Shenandoah Battlefield National Historic District, Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Virginia
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Remembering the “Great Gamble” at Cedar Creek
This weekend, the National Park Service, in conjunction with the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, Belle Grove, and the Shenandoah National Battlefield Historic District will combine to host a series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Cedar … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, ECW Weekender, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Cedar Creek, 1864, Battle of Cedar Creek, Belle Grove, Bloody Autumn The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Cedar Creek, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, Joseph Kershaw, Jubal Early, Middletown, Philip Sheridan, Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, VA
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Conference at Charlestown
The fall of Atlanta in early September, 1864 sent shockwaves through the Northern states. Sitting at his headquarters at City Point on the James River outside Petersburg, Virginia, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, hoped that his subordinate in the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. … Continue reading
