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Paying My Respects to a “Bad, Old” Opponent
In Lynchburg, Virginia, for a speaking engagement, I have stopped by Jubal Early’s gravesite to pay my respects. It is grudging respect, to be sure—but I cannot deny he has been a formidable foe. Certainly, time has proven Jubal Early … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Slavery, Ties to the War
Tagged Gary Gallagher, Jubal Early, Lost Cause, Lynchurg
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Book Review: “Decision at Tom’s Brook: George Custer, Thomas Rosser and the Joy of the Fight”
In the autumn of 1864, Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan and Lt. Gen. Jubal Early engaged one another in an effort to control Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. A Union defeat might well have offset gains made by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Battle of Tom's Brook, George Custer, Jubal Early, Philip Sheridan, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Thomas Rosser, Wesley Merritt
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Shenandoah Valley Campaigns and The Importance of Luck
Part One With the month of October behind us, I think back on the topic of my first co-publication, Bloody Autumn, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. To add impetus to the recollections this year, I am currently fine-tuning a presentation that I will … Continue reading
A Chance at Redemption: George Custer and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
On October 19, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan defeated Lt. Gen. Jubal Early at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The engagement culminated a campaign which began two months earlier in and solidified President Abraham Lincoln’s chances … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of Fisher's Hill, Battle of Five Forks, Battle of Sayler's Creek, Battle of Third Winchester, Battle of Tom's Brook, Battle of Waynesboro, Edwin Stanton, First Cavalry Division, George Custer, James Wilson, Jubal Early, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, The Michigan Brigade, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Devin, Wesley Merritt
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A Civilian Remembers the Battle of Monocacy
Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy, fought in 1864 between Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace and Lt. Gen. Jubal Early. Wallace’s badly-outnumbered Federals aligned themselves along the Monocacy River, hoping to hold off the Confederates in a last-ditch … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian
Tagged 61st Georgia, Alice Thomas, Antoinette Gambrill, Araby, Battle of Monocacy, C. Keefer Thomas, Daily Frederick News, Gambrill Mill, James Van Valkenburg, John B. Gordon, John Gambrill, John Lamar, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Mary Addison 'Mamie' Tyler, Peter Vredenburgh
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Wesley Culp
Part of a Series. Many visitors to Gettysburg are familiar with the story of Wesley Culp, the boy who grew up in the town of Gettysburg. He hunted on his Uncle Henry’s farm, learned the leather trade in Gettysburg, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Personalities
Tagged 2nd Virginia Infantry, Battle of Gettysburg, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Culp, Jubal Early, Shepherdstown, Stonewall Brigade, Wesley Culp, Wolf's Hill
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“On Many a Bloody Field”: The Forgotten Story of Daniel Davidson Bidwell
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Kevin Pawlak When I first became interested in the American Civil War at the age of 9, I was living in a small town in western New York sandwiched halfway between … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 49th New York, Army of the Shenandoah, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of the Wilderness, Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Fort Stevens, John Sedgwick, Jubal Early, Middletown Cemetery, Philip Sheridan
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Ed Bonekemper’s Lost Cause Fact-Check (part one)
Part one of two Historians debunked the myth of the Lost Cause decades ago, but it still defines the way many (if not most) Americans remember the narrative of the Civil War. Its influence on popular imagination holds sway over … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged Alan Nevins, Bruce Catton, civil rights, civil war memory, Ed Bonekemper, Edward Bonekemper, Jim Crow, Jubal Early, Lost Cause, Lost-Cause-Fact-Check, Memory, Shelby Foote, slavery, William Nelson Pendleton
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“me and the bridge is safe”: The Pontoon Bridge at Rappahannock Station
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Mike Block As the sun set behind the Blue Ridge Mountains about 5 P.M. on November 7, 1863, the 6th Maine Infantry and 5th Wisconsin Infantry began their climb up a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 121st New York, 14th Virginia, 49th Pennsylvania, 54th North Carolina, 5th Louisiana, 5th Wisconsin, 6th Maine, 7th Louisiana, Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Campaign, Emory Upton, George McClellan, Harry Hays, Jubal Early, Peter Ellmaker, Rapphannock Station, Robert Hoke
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