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Tag Archives: Phil Kearny
From the ECW Archives: Phil Kearny’s Death
Here’s a piece from a couple years ago on the September 1 anniversary of the death of Phil Kearny. It’s a description of the fallen Kearny by Pvt. John Haley of the 17th Maine. Haley’s entire memoir is a pleasure … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Phil Kearney
Welcome back to another installment of our 2021 Emerging Civil War Spotlight series. Each we have introduced you to another of our outstanding topics that will be presented at the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 6-8, 2021. Today … Continue reading
About Phil Kearny on the Anniversary of His Death
Today is the anniversary of the death of Maj. Gen. Phil Kearny, killed at Chantilly in the wake of Second Bull Run. Not too long ago, I came across a fantastic character sketch of Kearny by John Haley, a private … Continue reading
Union Heroic Poetry: Kearny at Seven Pines
I’ve probably been reading or looking in all the wrong places, but I’ve had a hard time finding “heroic style” poetry for dead Union officers. (I mean the ones that died in battle ’cause I know they’re all dead now.) … Continue reading
Mexican-American War 170th: Battle of Churubusco
Following his victory at Contreras/Padierna on the morning of August 20, 1847, General Winfield Scott looked to keep pressing towards Mexico City. By mid-morning, Scott had his divisions headed north towards the Churubusco River. Whereas the victory earlier that morning had … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Mexican War
Tagged 1st US Dragoons, 3rd US Infantry, 6th US Infantry, 8th US Infantry, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Churubusco, Contreras, David Twiggs, Don Carlos Buell, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Fort Sumter, George Pickett, Gideon Pillow, James Longstreet, John Wilkins, Joseph Hooker, Nicholas Trist, Padierna, Phil Kearny, Robert Anderson, William J. Worth, Winfield Scott, Winfield Scott Hancock
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In Memory of Phil Kearny
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Photography
Tagged Arlington National Cemetery, Chantilly, Phil Kearny, Second Manassas
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Staff Work 101
George Patton famously said that “an army is a team.” Often, this statement is taken in terms of commanders and units working together, but there is another essential element that makes an army (or any headquarters) work: the command staff.
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Medical, Western Theater
Tagged Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Potomac, Braxton Bragg, General Joseph Hooker, George Patton, Gouverneur K. Warren, Israel Richardson, Jesse Reno, John B. Hood, John Sedgwick, Little Round Top, Phil Kearny, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, staff, Stonewall Jackson, U.S. Grant, William P. Craighill, William Rosecrans
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“Kill Your Darlings”: Kris White, Phil Kearny, and a Toast to Papa Hemingway
“Kill your darlings,” Hemingway said. He was talking about revision. Sometimes a writer needs to delete something that doesn’t belong or no longer works, or maybe sometimes he has to rewrite it—and that can all be tough to do because, … Continue reading
