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Tag Archives: Joseph Wheeler
Chasing Uncle Billy: Breaching the Line of the Salkahatchie River (part one)
(part one of two) My friend and co-author Wade Sokolosky and I just spent the last three days chasing William T. Sherman’s march through South Carolina and part of North Carolina. Along the way, we both saw things we had … Continue reading
The Battle of Aiken: “Why spend the effort to write a book on a battle that didn’t last very long or have many casualties?”
“Why would you spend the time and effort to write a book on a battle that only lasted a few minutes and which had minimal casualties?” I wish I had a dollar for every time that I’ve been asked that … Continue reading
Congressman Wheeler Speaks in the House on Causes of the War
Jack Melton, publisher of Civil War News, often talks with me about little-known sources and items in Civil War history. Recently he pointed me to one such: a speech by Joseph Wheeler, later Confederate major general, then U. S. Representative … Continue reading
Saving General Thomas’ Rations
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Andrew Miller A general needs his rations like any soldier in the army. Even more important is maintaining a well fed staff as they perform innumerable duties to guarantee that the general’s orders are … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged Andrew Miller, Battle of Chickamauga, Charles Wilkes Bennett, Colonel John Gibson Parkhurst, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, food, General Louis D. Watkins, George H. Thomas, Joseph Wheeler, Logistics, Lookout Mountain, Ninth Michigan, provost guard, rations, suicide, supply train, wagon train
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The Battle of Shelbyville
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick One of the most dramatic and decisive cavalry clashes of the American Civil War occurred at Shelbyville on Sunday, June 27, 1863. John A. Wyeth of 4th Alabama … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 18th Ohio Artillery, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, 3rd Alabama Cavalry, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 4th Michigan Cavalry, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Shelbyville, Braxton Bragg, David Stanley, Gilley's Gap, Gordon Granger, Hoover's Gap, Joseph Wheeler, Liberty Gap, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Robert Minty, Robert Mitchell, Tullahoma Campaign, William Martin, William Rosecrans
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Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
This is the fourth part of the 1892 discussion of the events that led to the surrender of the forces under command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston by an unidentified captain of the 10th Ohio Cavalry. I particularly like the … Continue reading
Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
Recently, while researching the events at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, where a series of truly remarkable events led to the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s army, as well as the remaining Confederate armies in the field, I … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Newspapers, Personalities
Tagged 10th Ohio Cavalry, Alfred Terry, John Schofield, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Judson Kilpatrick, Robert E. Lee, The National Tribune, Ulysses S. Grant, Wade Hampton, William T. Sherman
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Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro
After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Averasboro, Alfred Rhett, Army of Georgia, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Gettysburg, Covering Force Action, Daniel Morgan, Defense in Depth, Henry Case, Henry Slocum, James Morgan, John Buford, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Lafayette McLaws, Murfreesboro, Nathaniel Jackson, Shiloh, Stephen Elliot, William Butler, William Hardee, William T. Sherman, William Vandever, William Ward
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Kilpatrick’s Shirt-Tail Skedaddle: The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, March 10, 1865
Part two in a series. Col. Gilbert J. “Gib” Wright, who commanded Hampton’s old brigade, was determined to try to capture Kilpatrick. He ordered Capt. Samuel D. Bostick of the Phillips Legion Cavalry to head straight for the Monroe farmhouse … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged George Spencer, Gilbert "Gib" Wright, Joseph Wheeler, Judson Kilpatrick, Phillips Legion, Samuel Bostick, Wade Hampton
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