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Tag Archives: North Anna River
Why Rivers Posed Such Problems in the East
I had the privilege of doing a program with my ECW colleague Bert Dunkerly for Richmond National Battlefield today at the Jericho Mills battlefield along the North Anna River. Bert is a ranger at Richmond and was kind enough to … Continue reading
“To destroy this kind of theology”: Federals in the Fox House
On May 24, 1864, after Winfield Scott Hancock’s II Corps had crossed the North Anna River and then avoided a Confederate trap, Hancock’s men threw up lines of works to protect themselves. One of the lines near the front “took … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged 17th Maine, Ellington, Fox House, John Haley, North Anna River, Slavery, Thomas Fox
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Missed Opportunities in the Race to the North Anna
On the evening of May 20, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant sent Winfield Scott Hancock’s II Corps south from Spotsylvania Court House to Massaponnax Church, with orders to march onward toward Bowling Green, Milford Station, and—if Hancock thought he could make … Continue reading
At the Heart of North Anna Battlefield
The Civil War Trust announced this week an opportunity to preserve 126 acres of the North Anna Battlefield, including the key site of the historic Fox House. U.S. 1 South descends in a smooth, straight line from the north bank … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Preservation
Tagged Civil War Trust, Fox House, North Anna River, Preservation, strike-them-a-blow
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The Turnabout at North Anna
I think about the Army of the Potomac waking up on this day in 1864, ready to follow up on its successes of the previous day along the banks of the North Anna River, tentatively extending its reach southward only … Continue reading
A(nother) Word on Behalf of Preservation from the Banks of the North Anna River
The battlefield along the North Anna River remains one of the most beautiful gems in Virginia. Had I not known better, though, a recent stop on the battlefield might have made me think the war had only recently swept through. … Continue reading
A Word on Behalf of Preservation from the Banks of the North Anna
On the evening of May 26, the Army of the Potomac pulled away from the North Anna River. With a feint to the west, the army juked back east and swung across the Pamunkey toward the Totopotomoy. Before we leave … Continue reading
The North Anna River, Today
The day was quiet and the water high along the North Anna River today. One hundred and fifty two years ago, Winfield Scott Hancock’s II Corps was coming to grief as it tried to advance down the Telegraph Road and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments
Tagged NAR, North Anna River, Ox Ford, strike-them-a-blow
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Thomas Nast from the North Anna River: “On to Richmond”
One of my favorite images of the Civil War comes from the June 18, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. The image, by Thomas Nast, is titled “The Campaign in Virginia—“On to Richmond!” and it accompanied the paper’s coverage of the … Continue reading
Blink and You’ll Miss It: Crossing the North Anna River Today
I hate travelling on Virginia interstates. Drive one mile and you’ve driven them all. You would have no idea about the state’s richness in natural beauty and history from driving on I-64 near Williamsburg or Charlottesville or anywhere along I-95. … Continue reading
