Tag Archives: Leonidas Polk

On Location: The Site of Leonidas Polk’s Death

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

On June 14, 1864, Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk was inspecting Federal movements from atop Pine Mountain when Federal artillery opened fire on him. I went On Location, on the anniversary of Polk’s death, to the spot where he was … Continue reading →

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Site of Leonidas Polk’s Death

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

I’m on location today at the site of Leonidas Polk’s death, which took place on this date in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. I’ll have a video posted later once I get to some better Internet, but I thought I … Continue reading →

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The 47th Tennessee Infantry at Shiloh

Posted on September 8, 2016 by

Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the American Civil War, Don Carlos Buell’s arrival at Shiloh with over 15,000 men, stands as the most famous reinforcement of the war. Its importance to the … Continue reading →

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Across Georgia to Atlanta

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

Last October, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a weekend with Steve Davis in Atlanta. We traveled and tramped about Georgia, getting pictures for his upcoming books in the Emerging Civil War Series. We started at Tunnel Hill and … Continue reading →

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A March Made in Georgia: Sherman’s Famous March to the Sea

Posted on November 26, 2014 by

Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Derek Maxfield. One hundred-fifty years ago this fall, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led an army of sixty-thousand men on a militarily-unorthodox campaign through the heart of Georgia.  Sherman’s “March to the … Continue reading →

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The Road to Atlanta: Another Polk

Posted on June 18, 2014 by

While the fighting raged at the bend of Hardee’s Salent at the Latimar House, on the south end of Hardee’s line above Mud Creek, the men of Cleburne’s Division worked to construct fortifications in the driving rain. Their work was … Continue reading →

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You Have Killed Our Old Gen. Polk

Posted on June 14, 2014 by

In the aftermath of the debacle in the Hell Hole, General Sherman decided to move back to the railroad and press on. Johnston, meanwhile, moved south and east into a series of ridges and hills covered in dense forests, cut … Continue reading →

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Eastern Theater versus Western Theater: Where the Civil War Was Won and Lost: Part Four

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Part four in a series. This series was put together from one of my extended graduate school research papers. The sources used were the current research between 2007-2008, obviously the historiography of the Civil War expands on a monthly basis, … Continue reading →

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