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Tag Archives: P.G.T. Beauregard
ECW Podcast: Dreams of Victory
If anyone in the Confederacy had big dreams, it was P.G.T. Beauregard. Join Sean Chick for a discussion of his new Emerging Civil War Series biography, Dreams of Victory: P.G.T. Beauregard in the Civil War. Listen for free here on … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Podcast
Tagged ECW Podcast, P.G.T. Beauregard, Sean Chick
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Kentucky’s Governor Fought and Fell at Shiloh
On February 8, 1862, Confederate generals Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, and William Hardee conferred on the most recent turn of events in the Western Theater at Beauregard’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, headquarters. Fort Henry fell to Union forces two days … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged 4th Kentucky Infantry (CSA), Albert Sidney Johnston, Alexander McCook, Battle of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, George W. Johnson, John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, P.G.T. Beauregard, Robert P. Trabue, William Hardee
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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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Symposium Spotlight: P.G.T. Beauregard
Pierre G.T. Beauregard Welcome back to our yearly spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2021 Emerging Civil War Symposium. We’ll … Continue reading
The Bluffs at Columbus, Kentucky
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Katy Berman The Columbus-Belmont State Park, located in western Kentucky, commemorates the Battle of Belmont, which was fought in Missouri. The great guns of Columbus were used to advantage during the fight, but Union … Continue reading
The 1858 New Orleans Mayoral Election
This article was co-written with Michael Kraemer, a PhD student at The Ohio State University In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoléon Bonaparte. It contained many independent Native American nations, as well as New Orleans, which … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Politics
Tagged "Know Nothing", election, New Orleans, P.G.T. Beauregard, vigilance committee
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The Pink Confederate Battle Flags
ECW welcomes back guest author Bryan Cheeseboro In a recent conversation I had with a friend, we discussed the painting The First Battle Flags by Don Troiani, which depicts the events of November 28, 1861, at Centreville, Virginia. On that … Continue reading
Posted in Material Culture
Tagged 15th Alabama Infantry, 16th Mississippi Infantry, 4th North Carolina Infantry, 4th South Carolina Infantry, 5th North Carolina Infantry, 5th South Carolina Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry, 7th South Carolina Infantry, 8th Virginia Infantry, Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of First Manassas, Centreville, Colin McRae Selph, Confederate Battle Flag, Don Troiani, Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, William Porcher Miles
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Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter
On April 14, 1861—today, one hundred and fifty-nine years ago—Maj. Robert Anderson marched his garrison out of Fort Sumter after weathering a barrage that began two days previously. The assault on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. On April 14, … Continue reading
Drewry’s Bluff: Victory Without Satisfaction
Few campaigns in the American Civil War seemed to hold as much potential as Benjamin Butler’s Bermuda Hundred landings. Butler was expected to threaten and if possible capture Richmond, the long sought brass ring in the Eastern Theater. He could … Continue reading
