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Tag Archives: P. G. T. Beauregard
Petersburg Day Three: Friday, June 17, 1864
George Meade’s June 17 battle plan conformed to Francis Barlow’s suggestion for hitting the flank. The proposed attack would be carried out by Ambrose Burnside’s IX Corps, namely the divisions led by Robert Potter and James H. Ledlie. Potter had … Continue reading
Grant’s Left Hook by Sean Michael Chick Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the release of the latest book in the Emerging Civil War Series: Grant’s Left Hook: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 5-June 7, 1864, by Sean Michael Chick, published by Savas Beatie (and available here). This is … Continue reading
Petersburg Day One: Wednesday, June 15, 1864
On June 15 the Army of the Potomac began to cross the James River. It was an emotional moment. A. M. Judson of the 83rd Pennsylvania likened the army’s arrival at the James to Xenophon and his 10,000 Greeks reaching … Continue reading
Thinking Big on a Battlefield
After the bloody fighting ended around Pittsburg Landing on April 6, 1862, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, recently appointed commander of the Army of the Mississippi following Albert Sidney Johnston’s death earlier that day, took stock of his army’s hard … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Western Theater
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Athens Tennessee, Battle of Shiloh, Don Carlos Buell, P. G. T. Beauregard, P.G.T. Beauregard, PGT Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Pittsburg Landing, Timothy B. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant
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Conduct Unbecoming an Officer: John B. Hood’s Efforts to Cover Up the Bad News From his Tennessee Campaign
EDITOR’S NOTE: ECWer Stephen Davis has had published the second volume of his study of Confederate General John B. Hood’s generalship in 1864. This piece is from his second volume, released this past autumn by Mercer University Press. After the … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Books, Books, Books Part 1
This week our Symposium Spotlight will get you excited about a summer reading list. In part one of this series, our presenters have suggested works that will get you prepared for this year’s theme “Fallen Leaders of the Civil War.” … Continue reading
