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Tag Archives: Lee’s Last Line
From the ECW Archives: The Union Assault at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864
All through the night of May 31 and into June 1, 1864, Horatio Wright’s VI Corps trudged along the dusty and choked Virginia byroads. They had been pulled from the Union right flank and ordered to march to reinforce and relieve … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged 121st New York Infantry, 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 5th Maine, 95th Pennsylvania, 96th Pennsylvania, column assault, Emory Upton, George G. Meade, Horatio Wright, Lee's Last Line, Mule Shoe Salient, North Anna River, Old Cold Harbor, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Spotsylvania, Theodore Lyman, VI Corps, William "Baldy" Smith, X Corps, XVIII Corps
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The Topography of Spotsylvania
Last Friday and Saturday, I had the opportunity to give a tour of the Spotsylvania and North Anna River battlefield to a great group from the Central Ohio Civil War Round Table. I have walked Spotsylvania many times; however, one … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Yellow Tavern, Emory Upton, George Meade, II Corps, IX Corps, J.E.B. Stuart, Jubal Early, Laurel Hill, Lee's Last Line, Mule Shoe Salient, Myer's Hill, Ni River, North Anna River, Po River, Richmond, Sarah Spindle, Spotsylvania Court House, The Bloody Angle, U.S. Grant
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