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Tag Archives: National Tribune
Where is Aunt Becky?
As I was reading some old issues of the National Tribune the other day, I came across the following notice from the July 26, 1883. My mother’s name is Becky, so of course my cousins all call her “Aunt Becky,” … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Medical, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged Aunt Becky, City Point, City Point hospitals, Hospitals, National Tribune, Nonth Corps
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Stolen Pie, but a Bigger Prize for Sergeant Young at Petersburg
Today is the favorite holiday for math teachers. March Fourteenth (3-14) represents the first three numbers in the mathematical constant pi. I’ve been using pi (3.14159…) a lot more than I had anticipated as a historian. Each time I rescale … Continue reading
National Tribune Index Is a Civil War Researcher’s Newest Best Friend
Perhaps you’ve heard word from our friends at Savas Beatie about the recent release of a cool new research tool: Dr. Richard Sauers’ 3 volume study The National Tribune Civil War Index: A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, … Continue reading
Another Courier’s Perspective: William Henry Jenkins and the Death of A.P. Hill
Earlier this week I shared some new information discovered about William Bennett Kirkpatrick, a previously unidentified courier who relayed A.P. Hill’s last message to his Third Corps headquarters on April 2, 1865. Within the hour, Corporal John Watson Mauk shot … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged Ambrose Powell Hill, Breakthrough at Petersburg, Charles S. Venable, couriers, Death of A.P. Hill, George Percy Hawes, George W. Tucker, National Tribune, Petersburg, Southern Historical Society Papers, William B. Kirkpatrick, William H. Jenkins
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Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
This is the fifth and final part of the 1892 account by an unidentified captain of the 10th Ohio Cavalry that appeared in the May 12, 1892 edition of the National Tribune. As pointed out previously, I believe this is … Continue reading
Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
This is the fourth part of the 1892 discussion of the events that led to the surrender of the forces under command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston by an unidentified captain of the 10th Ohio Cavalry. I particularly like the … Continue reading
Campaign Through the Carolinas: An Ohio Cavalryman’s Recollections in the National Tribune
This is the third part of the 1892 account of the last days of the Civil War in North Carolina by an unidentified captain of the 10th Ohio Cavalry.
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Newspapers, Personalities, Politics
Tagged 10th Ohio Cavalry, Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox, John C. Breckinridge, Joseph Johnston, National Tribune, Wade Hampton, William T. Sherman
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“History Hides the Lies of Our Civil War”: The Forgotten Battle of Pickett’s Mill
Today we are pleased to welcome guest author Angela M. Zombek, Ph.D. Angela is an Assistant Professor of History at St. Petersburg College, in Clearwater, Florida. Sh erecieved her an M.A. from the University of Akron, and her Ph.D. from … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Memory
Tagged 124th Ohio, 15th Ohio, 23rd Kentucky, 27th Ohio, 41st Ohio, 49th Ohio, 9th Kentucky, Ambrose Bierce, Atlanta Campaign, Carol Reardon, Col. Oliver Payne, Dallas Line, Dyer's Compendium, Joseph Johnston, National Tribune, New Hope Church, William T. Sherman
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“A Reservoir of Misinformation”: Early Signs of the Lost Cause at Fort Gregg
I always enjoy reading stories about battlefield visits in the decades after the war, before there were driving tours, interpretive waysides, and detailed troop movement maps overlaid onto modern roads. In the course of compiling research on the fighting at … Continue reading
