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Tag Archives: Philip H. Sheridan
Picturing Union Victory – Early Images of the Surrender at Appomattox
Here’s a familiar story: On April 9, 1865, generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in Wilmer McLean’s parlor at Appomattox Courthouse to sign the documents that would dictate the surrender of the most important national institution in … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory
Tagged Appomattox, art, Philip H. Sheridan, Reconciliation, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Ulysse S. Grant, Union
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Lee’s Last Great Field Victory: A Reassessment of Cold Harbor
ECW welcomes guest author Nathan Provost. On June 3, 1864, Federal soldiers waited anxiously to assault the seven-mile-long Confederate line near Mechanicsville, Virginia. The largest engagement of the battle of Cold Harbor was about to take place. Unbeknownst to them, … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns
Tagged Adam Badeau, Alfred Young III, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Cold Harbor, David Hunter, E. Porter Alexander, George G. Meade, Gordon Rhea, Henry Halleck, J.F.C. Fuller, Jubal Early, Petersburg, Philip H. Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant
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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactics: How Technology Drove Change (Part Six)
(part six in a series) In the previous installment of this series, we demonstrated how the advent of rifled muskets and rifled artillery made the Napoleonic cavalry charge obsolete. Now, we will examine how the evolution of the technology employed … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Cavalry, Emerging Civil War
Tagged 1st District of Columbia Cavalry, 2nd Dragoons, Ballard, breech-loading carbines, Capt. Richard S. Ewell, cavalry, Cavalry tactics, Chickamauga, Christian Sharp, Christopher Spencer, Col. Robert Minty, George Gordon Meade, Henry Rifle, Hoover's Gap, James H. Wilson, Lindner, Merrill, musketoons, Napoleonic tactics, Philip H. Sheridan, Saber Brigade, Starr, The-Evolution-of-Cavalry-Tactics
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