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Tag Archives: Louisiana Tigers
Hispanic Americans in the Civil War
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), I’d like to provide our ECW readers with an overview of the contribution that Hispanic Americans made to the Civil War. Across the nation, Americans and immigrants that could … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Immigrants, Regiments
Tagged 1st California Cavalry Battalion, 23rd Massachusetts, 2nd Florida, 39th New York Regiment, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, 55th Alabama, 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Admiral David G. Farragut, Battle of the Crater, Captain Michael Usina, Cemetery Ridge, Col. Henry Pleasants, European Brigade, Fort Fisher, Garibaldi Guard, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics, John Ortega, Joseph H. De Castro, Lola Sanchez, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Louisiana Tigers, Luis Emilio, Medal of Honor, Petersburg, Phillip Bazaar, Socorro New Mexico, St. Johns River, USS Santiago de Cuba, USS Saratoga
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Holiday Village Reenactments and Reflections
The rattle of musketry cracked with volley after volley as officers struggled to bark commands to keep their battle lines organized amid the din. Two regiments of Federal troops were arrayed in a line of battle, facing off against a … Continue reading
The Louisiana Tigers at Gaines’ Mill
Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat and the Louisiana Tigers loom large in Civil War history. Such a famous, and ferocious unit, and its commander, met its end outside of Richmond in June, 1862. At six feet, two inches, and weight about … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged Battle of Gaines Mill, Louisiana Tigers, Roberdeau Wheat
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Wah-Who-Eeee! … And The War Came to the Rebels, Part 2
Author Margaret Mitchel wrote her version of the sound of the rebel yell as “Wah-Who-Eeee,” and that was the sound heard throughout the Southern states when Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard opened his well-prepared cannon on shabby little Fort … Continue reading
Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm
Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 106th New York, 13th Georgia, 14th New Jersey, 61st Georgia, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, Christian Keefer Thomas, Clement Evans, Eugene C. Gordon, Frederick, James H. Baker, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Tigers, Monocacy, Stonewall Brigade, Thomas Farm, William Seward Jr.
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Bury These Men: Lee and Hill at Bristoe Station
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Bill Backus. Perhaps the most famous incident from the Battle of Bristoe Station was the rebuke Robert E. Lee gave to A.P. Hill after both surveyed the human wreckage after the disastrous … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged A.P. Hill, Armistead Long, Army of Northern Virginia, Bristoe Station, Henry Heth, Jedediah Hotchkiss, Louisiana Tigers, Robert E. Lee, William Poague, William Seymour
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