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Tag Archives: Lake Erie
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Johnson Island & McPherson’s Grave
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Frank Jastrzembski to share about a recent trip and his musings on historical graveyard markers. My wife reluctantly agreed to go on another of my weekend cemetery hunts. Only a few weeks before, we had … Continue reading
A Conversation with Dave Roth (part three)
(part three in a five-part series) I’ve been talking this week with Blue & Gray Magazine editor Dave Roth, the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Yesterday, he shared a few … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Blue & Gray, Conversation-with-Dave-Roth, Dave Roth, Don Alberts, Fourth Texas Mounted, Jerry Potter, john hunt morgan, Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Lt. Gen. Howard Graves, Ohio Penitentiary, Sibley's New Mexico Campaign, Sultanna, West Point
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The Great Naval Leaders
On May 10 I lectured about the Battle of Midway to Old Dominion University’s Institute of Learning in Retirement. Over the course of a wonderful discussion, I assessed one of the U.S. commanders, Raymond Spruance, as “one of the greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Navies, Personalities, Ties to the War, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of Perryville, David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, David Porter, Fall of New Orleans, Fort Fisher, George Dewey, Lake Erie, Manila, Midway, Mobile Bay, Okinawa, Oliver Hazard Perry, Perryville, Philippine Sea, Raymond Spruance, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Red River Campaign, U.S. Grant, U.S. Navy, Vicksburg Campaign, War of 1812, World War II
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Civil War On Lake Erie
When presented with a map of the United States, most people can identify the general region in which the Civil War was fought. Few would point to Michigan, Wisconsin, or New York – which might lead you to question the … Continue reading
