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Searching for Leonidas Torrence: Iverson’s Brigade and the Fight at Oak Ridge
The weather is warm. Occasional cloud cover offers relief but the sun feels good. It is the first day of summer, and I’m exactly where I should be on such a day: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I’m traveling over the First Day’s … Continue reading
Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg on the First Day Battlefield
The battle had been waging west of the small Pennsylvania town for several hours. Brig. Gen. John Buford’s Federal cavalry had slowly been falling back, eastward, from north-south ridge to north-south ridge. Buford’s men were not looking to win this … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Alfred Iverson, Battle of Gettysburg, battlefield preservation, Buford at Gettysburg, Cavalry at Gettysburg, Civil War Trust, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, John Reynolds, McPherson Ridge, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Preservation, Robert Rodes
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Seven
Part Seven in a Series Lee’s Bad Old Man Takes the Field: At the outset of the Chancellorsville Campaign, Major General Jubal A. Early was the junior ranking division commander in Lee’s army. By the time he arrived at Gettysburg … Continue reading
The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Six
Part Six in a Series The Destruction of a Tar Heel Brigade Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson was a Georgia native, who was today leading four North Carolina regiments to battle. The men of Iverson’s brigade were veteran fighters, who outwardly … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 20th North Carolina, 23rd North Carolina, 5th North Carolina, 97th New York, Alfred Iverson, Col. Daniel H. Christie, Edward O'Neal, Forney Farm, Henry Baxter, John Robinson, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Robert Rodes, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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The Curmudgeon, The Eccentric, and the “Norse God”: How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg: Part Four
Part Four in a Series Rodes on Oak Hill: The lead elements of the Confederate Second Corps arrived in the area of Oak Hill a prominence on the first day battlefield that overlooks the McPherson Farm (nearly one mile to … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Alfred Iverson, Battle of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Cobean Farm, D.H. Hill, Edward O'Neal, Forney Farm, Forney Woods, James Power Smith, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, John Forney, Junius Daniel, Keckler's Hill, Oak Hill, Oak Ridge, Richard Ewell, Robert Rodes, Samuel Cobean, Stonewall Jackson, The Curmudgeon The Eccentric and the “Norse God” How Three Men Impacted the Battle of Gettysburg
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