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Tag Archives: Maryland Campaign 1862
Fact vs Interpretation at the Bloody Lane
There is a movement afoot to reinterpret key parts of the Maryland Campaign. In some cases, battlefield interpretation is being changed or removed based on new sources and/or new perspectives. I am all for reexamining history based on new or … Continue reading
Campaign Season: Antietam
As the hints of autumn arrive in the air and mid-September approaches, it’s the anniversary season for the Antietam Campaign. We’ve got some new material coming over the weekend and early next week, but for this morning may we offer … Continue reading
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Tagged Antietam Campaign, ECW archives, from the archives, Maryland Campaign 1862, maryland-62
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Was Lee’s “Lost Order” a Turning Point? (part three)
(part three of three) What exactly the Lost Order told McClellan has been the subject of much heated debate and controversy almost from the moment he glanced its contents. From an intelligence standpoint, the Lost Order was important to McClellan, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Battle of South Mountain, Catoctin Mountain, D.H. Hill, George B. McClellan, Lee's Lost Order, lost-order-turning-point-series, Maryland Campaign 1862, Randolph B. Marcy, Robert E. Lee, Special Order 191, Turning Points of the American Civil War
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Was Lee’s “Lost Order” a Turning Point? (part two)
(part two of three) On September 10, 1862, as he advanced deeper into Maryland, Robert E. Lee began splintering his forces, as outlined in Special Orders No. 191. That day, all of his forces, mustered into five separate columns, started … Continue reading
Was Lee’s “Lost Order” a Turning Point? (part one)
(part one of three) Civil War campaigns could often turn on a dime in favor of one army or the other. A sudden change in initiative marked the turning points of the war that scholars love to toss around the … Continue reading
Expeditions Bold and Admirable: Wade Hampton in the Winter of 1862
Introduction to a series A couple weeks ago, I shared a piece on the actions of Wade Hampton at the Battle of Trevilian Station. Hampton’s direction and subsequent victory there catapulted him to command the cavalry corps of the Army of … Continue reading
“If We Fail Now the North Has No Hope:” The Antietam Campaign of 1862
The Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, August 3-5, 2018, will focus on Turning Points of the American Civil War. We were excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be retired Gettysburg National Military Park Supervisory Historian Scott Hartwig. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Symposium
Tagged Emancipation Proclamation, Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, keynote speaker, Maryland Campaign 1862, Scott Hartwig
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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 20, 1862
The day began with Confederate soldiers, led by A.P. Hill’s Division, advancing back to Boteler’s Ford downstream from Shepherdstown, ordered there because of the alarm Pendleton created the previous night that crossing Federals captured all of his 44 guns (in … Continue reading
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 19, 1862
As the darkness descended on September 18, the Army of Northern Virginia began to stir, using its cover to slip away, back across the Potomac River. It brought as many of its wounded and supplies with it as it could, … Continue reading
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 17, 1862
The flash of musketry fire illuminated the dark landscape around the sleepy town of Sharpsburg while the few visible stars still hovered in the early morning sky. With each passing moment, as the sun rose higher behind the peaks of … Continue reading
