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Tag Archives: Nathan Bedford Forrest
The Evolution of Cavalry Tactic: How Technology Drove Change (Part Eight)
(conclusion to a series) Young Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, a member of the West Point class of 1861 who was known as Harry to his family and friends, commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi, … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Cavalry
Tagged Battle of Selma, Carolina Campaign of 1865, Cavalry Bureau, Cavalry tactics, Edward M. McCook, Eli Long, Emory Upton, James H. Wilson, Judson Kilpatrick, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Oscar LaGrange, Robert C. Tyler, Selma, The-Evolution-of-Cavalry-Tactics, Tuscaloosa
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The Battle of Shelbyville
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick One of the most dramatic and decisive cavalry clashes of the American Civil War occurred at Shelbyville on Sunday, June 27, 1863. John A. Wyeth of 4th Alabama … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 18th Ohio Artillery, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, 3rd Alabama Cavalry, 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 4th Michigan Cavalry, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Shelbyville, Braxton Bragg, David Stanley, Gilley's Gap, Gordon Granger, Hoover's Gap, Joseph Wheeler, Liberty Gap, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Robert Minty, Robert Mitchell, Tullahoma Campaign, William Martin, William Rosecrans
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Confederate Paymaster Charles Jarrett
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Roger Futrell You may view part one here Charles F. Jarrett, whose iron paymaster’s chest was featured in a previous post, was instrumental in raising the funds needed to create a … Continue reading
The Charles F. Jarrett Civil War Paymaster’s Chest
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Roger Futrell Part one Former Confederate Quartermaster clerk Charles F. Jarrett, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, brought an iron paymaster’s chest home from the Civil War.[1] The chest survives.[2] A similar paymaster’s chest is … Continue reading
James H. Wilson and the American Civil War
John Buford, Wesley Merritt, George Bayard, Thomas C. Devin. These are but a few of the names that more often than not come to mind when one thinks of the premier Union cavarymen of the Civil War. Certainly more names could be … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, August Kautz, Battle of the Wilderness, David M. Gregg, Fort Pulaski, George Bayard, George McClellan, James H. Wilson, John Buford, Meadow Bridge, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Second Cavalry Division, Tennessee Campaign, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Devin, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg, Wesley Merritt, wilderness, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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Captain John Hanson McNeill and the McNeill Rangers: Rebel Strike Force Supreme
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Richard Chapman When discussing great Confederate independent cavalry raiders in the Civil War, it seems that they have three parts to their name: General John Hunt Morgan, Colonel John Singleton Mosby, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Benjamin Kelley, George Crook, Grumble Jones, Jessie McNeil, john hunt morgan, John Imboden, John McNeil, John Mosby, Libby Prison, McNeill's Rangers, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Richard Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Wilson's Creek
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Forrest’s Farewell
Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest issued a farewell message to his cavalrymen, concentrated in Gainesville, Alabama, 150 years ago today: By an agreement made between Liet.-Gen. Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama. Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and Major-Gen. Canby, commanding … Continue reading
Battle of the Cedars, 150 Years Ago
There was no rest for the weary after the slaughter at Franklin. Gen. Hood ordered most of his army to continue their pursuit of Schofield’s forces to Nashville. Along the way, on December 2, Gen. William Bate received the following … Continue reading
Hood Remembered: Crossing the Tennessee
Today, ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Sam Hood. Sam Hood is an descendant of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood and author of the forthcoming The Lost Papers of John Bell Hood. He has also written a biography of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Alexander Stewart, Army of Tennessee, Atlanta, Frank Cheatham, Hood-Remembered, Jefferson Davis, John Schofield, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Sam Hood, Stephen D. Lee, William T. Sherman
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Hood and Forrest in Tennessee
The affair that eventually became known as Hood’s Tennessee Campaign, that cold agony of winter fighting and marching that remains perhaps the synonym for Civil War hardship, began on a sour note. John Bell Hood’s frustrations were three. Firstly, his … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Atlanta, Corinth, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Joseph Wheeler, Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Tennessee Campaign, Western & Atltantic Railroad, William T. Sherman
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