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Falling Waters: The Death of Maj. Peter Weber
On July 3, 1863 Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick recklessly ordered one of his brigade commanders, Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, to attack a Confederate position near the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield. The ground over which Farnsworth had to traverse was … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 6th Michigan Cavalry, 8th New York, Ambrose Powell Hill, Battle of Falling Waters, Battle of Gettysburg, Col. William Gamble, Elon Farnsworth, George A. Custer, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Heth, James Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, Judson Kilpatrick, Maj. Peter Weber, retreat from Gettysburg, S.G. Shepard, Third Cavalry Division
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Elon Farnsworth: A “What If?” of Gettysburg
154 years after the engagement ended, students and enthusiasts still debate the “what if?” questions related to the Battle of Gettysburg. What if Richard Ewell had captured Cemetery Hill on the first day? What if Meade had withdrawn from the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 15th Alabama Infantry, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Texas Infantry, 1st Vermont Cavalry, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, 5th New York Cavalry, Alfred Pleasonton, Battery E 4th U.S. Artillery, Battle of Hanover, Battle of Hunterstown, Elon J. Farnsworth, Judson Kilpatrick, Samuel Elder
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A Yankee Cavalryman Remembers Fleetwood Hill
Shortly after 4:30 a.m. on June 9, 1863, Brig. Gen. John Buford’s Union cavalry division crossed the Rappahannock at Beverly Ford and engaged a Confederate brigade under Brig. Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones. Buford’s horsemen soon gained the upper hand, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Primary Sources, Symposium
Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Brandy Station, David M. Gregg, Fleetwood Hill, JEB Stuart, John Buford, Judson Kilpatrick, Percy Wyndham, Wade Hampton, William E. "Grumble" Jones
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Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
This is the fifth and final part of the 1892 account by an unidentified captain of the 10th Ohio Cavalry that appeared in the May 12, 1892 edition of the National Tribune. As pointed out previously, I believe this is … Continue reading
Recollections of Confederate Officers for The News
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author, Joe Owen. This post concludes Sergeant Val Giles’ newspaper account originally of published in the Galveston Daily News on May 16, 1897. You may read the first part here.
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged 11th Georgia Infantry, 1st Texas Infantry, 49th Virginia Infantry, 4th Texas Infantry, Arthur Freemantle, Belle Boyd, Chickamauga, Extra Billy Smith, Falling Waters, Gettysburg, James Longstreet, James Pettigrew, John Bell Hood, Judson Kilpatrick, Robert E. Lee, Vicksburg
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Wade Hampton and Judson Kilpatrick
Beginning in the spring of 1863, Wade Hampton and Judson Kilpatrick tangled on many a cavalry battlefield. By 1865, Hampton was a lieutenant general—THE highest-ranking cavalry officer in the history of the Confederacy—and Kilpatrick was Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s … Continue reading
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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Kilpatrick’s Deficiency in Judgment
Theodore Lyman, Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade’s aide-de-camp, offered an interesting observation about part of the Federal cavalry on this date in 1863. The Army of the Potomac was cautiously advancing out of its protected position in Centreville, Virginia, where Robert … Continue reading
Picketing the Army of the Potomac’s Winter Encampment: Union Cavalry at Lamb’s Creek Church
Following the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 and the failure of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s “Mud March”, the Army of the Potomac established winter quarters in Stafford County. Responsibility for guarding the approaches fell to the Union cavalry. Picket … Continue reading
