Tag Archives: P.G.T. Beauregard

The Other Beauregard Monument

Posted on May 17, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Welcome back, guest author Sean Michael Chick For Civil War historians living outside of Louisiana, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard is a colorful figure. For many, he is an underrated commander. For others, a figure who is exotic and comical, particularly … Continue reading →

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Assigning Blame at Drewry’s Bluff: Whiting and Ransom

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sean Michael Chick When General P.G.T. Beauregard attacked Major General Benjamin Butler at Drewry’s Bluff on May 16, 1864, he intended to win a great victory. The plan was for Butler to be … Continue reading →

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A Poet’s Perspective: March into Virginia

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Caroline Davis

By July 1861, the tension described in “Misgivings” and “The Conflict of Convictions” had been realized. The United States was at war with itself. In his poem “March Into Virginia,” Melville describes the first battle fought between the North and … Continue reading →

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Albert Sidney Johnston’s Death and Legacy

Posted on November 30, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Chick. One of the highlights of Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans is the Army of Tennessee Tumulus, the last resting place for a number of veterans of the western … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: Mexico City’s Gates

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Chapultepec had fallen, leaving the fortress walls slick with human gore. As the Americans stopped to take stock in what they had captured, Maj. Gen. John Quitman was figuring what else he could do. Quitman, a New York born former … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: The Storming of Chapultepec

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Ryan Quint

The American artillery roared. Mortars thumped, arcing shells over the castle’s walls. As a heavy cloud of smoke formed around the muzzles of the cannon and mortars, Winfield Scott kept a close eye on the shelling’s effect. Scott’s target was … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Contreras (Padierna)

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Thousands of years ago, the Xitle volcano exploded, spraying lava across the valley floor. That lava cooled to hard rocks with jagged edges in what came to be known as the Pedregal—translated to English as the Rocky Gardens. The Pedregal … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Cerro Gordo

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Vera Cruz had fallen, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had to act. Serving as both Mexico’s president and the commanding general of its armies, Santa Anna prepared to move against the American forces beginning to make their way inland. … Continue reading →

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Mexican-American War 170th: Vera Cruz Landings

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Ryan Quint

Cannon pointed out of their gun ports, aimed at the walled city in the distance. With commands to fire, the naval ordnance roared to life and the guns recoiled, pulling their holding ropes taught. Dirty white smoke fluttered across the … Continue reading →

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What Did They Know?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dwight Hughes

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes When considering historical events, it is too easy to wonder, given what happened, why in the world our ancestors did what they did. But we must remember that they … Continue reading →

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