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Book Review: The Complete Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Trail Guide
The Complete Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Trail Guide By Brad Butkovich Historic Imagination, 2021, $21.95 paper Reviewed by Stephen Davis Hundreds of thousands of Civil War enthusiasts drive to Georgia to visit Chickamauga and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Parks, which are … Continue reading
C’mon, Cump!
In his recent, admiring biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, Brian Holden Reid terms him a “dazzling literary stylist.” Well, watch out for that razzle-dazzle, at least in Sherman’s Memoirs (1875). I am not the first to notice that in his … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Primary Sources
Tagged Albert Castel, Alpheus Williams, Atlanta Campaign, B. A. Dunn, Brian Holden Reid, Cump, Daniel Butterfield, Jefferson C. Davis, Kennesaw Mountain, National Tribune, New Hope Church, Oliver O. Howard, Patrick Cleburne, Pickett's Mill, Prevaricating Through Georgia, Resaca, sherman's memoirs, Thomas Wood, William T. Sherman
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Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard in the National Tribune
I’m doing a lot of reading in the National Tribune, “the premier newspaper published for Union veterans” in Washington, 1877-1943. This is thanks to 1) its availability online and 2) Dr. Richard A. Sauers’ comprehensive index to all of its … Continue reading
The “Crime” at Pickett’s Mill
…and we have to pass over the dead Yanks of the battle field of yesterday; and here I beheld that which I cannot describe; and which I hope never to see again, dead men meet the eye in every direction, … Continue reading
An Afternoon in New Hope/Dallas
It’s a whole lot of fun speaking to audiences of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (yes, we have them down here). Monday night, in New Hope, Georgia, I addressed the Gen. William J. Hardee Camp on the subject of opus meum … Continue reading
From the Battle of Pickett’s Mill: Last Letter Home
One hundred and fifty years ago today, as the battle of Pickett’s Mill raged a few miles to the east, 21-year-old Lt. Roderick “Roddie” Shaw of the 4th Florida Infantry quickly ended a letter to his uncle: “I leave now for … Continue reading
From the Battle of Pickett’s Mill: The Extreme Right of the Confederate Line
A veteran of Pat Cleburne’s Division, Stan Harley of Govan’s Arkansas Brigade, recalled the Battle of Pickett’s Mill years later: “I was a member of Company C, Sixth and Seventh Arkansas Regiments (consolidated), and were in that fight from start … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Govan's Brigade, Granbury's Brigade, Patrick Cleburne, Pickett's Mill, Stan Harley
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From the Battle of Pickett’s Mill: Not War, but Butchery
The experience of Sgt. Maj. Andrew Gleason of the 15th Ohio Infantry give an intimate view into the savagery of the fighting in the ravine:
Posted in Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 15th Ohio, Andrew Gleason, Atlanta Campaign, Pickett's Mill
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From the Battle of Pickett’s Mill: Buckeyes on the Dead Line
In the nightmarish hell that was Pickett’s Mill, no other unit suffered like the 49th Ohio did, losing 203 men out of the 404 that plunged into the fight.
Posted in Battles
Tagged 49th Ohio, Atlanta Campaign, Gibson's Brigade, Hazen's Brigade, Pickett's Mill, Samuel Gray
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“A Common Despair”—The Slaughter of Pickett’s Mill
The experience of combat was something many veterans wished to forget. For the Union soldiers that experienced the fighting in the Hell Hole, this would be particularly true—especially the unfortunate ones who were involved in the battle of Pickett’s Mill. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Western Theater
Tagged 154th New York, Ambrose Bierce, Atlanta Campaign, Daniel Govan, Hell Hole, Hiram Granbury, Joseph Wheeler, Lewis Warner, Nathaniel McLean, New Hope Church, Oliver Otis Howard, Patrick Cleburne, Pickett's Mill, Thomas Key, Thomas Wood, William B. Hazen, William Gibson
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