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Not the Same African Americans We Always See
I was watching a television show a couple of weeks ago, and the subject of Black History Month was mentioned. One of the characters complained that America always trots out the same four African Americans every year to stand in … Continue reading
The 47th Tennessee Infantry at Shiloh
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the American Civil War, Don Carlos Buell’s arrival at Shiloh with over 15,000 men, stands as the most famous reinforcement of the war. Its importance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 12th Tennessee Infantry, 47th Tennessee Infantry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta, Benjamin Cheatham, Bentonville, Bushrod Johnson, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Franklin, Jonesboro, Leonidas Polk, Nashville, Peachtree Creek, Pittsburg Landing, Prestpn Smith, Shiloh, Stones River, Ulysses S. Grant
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The Western Federal
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jim Taub. As Joseph Polley, a sergeant of the 4th Texas Infantry, moved through the dense Georgia underbrush, the sounds and smells of battle overwhelmed his senses. The cracking of musketry and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Michigan, 25th Illinois, 2nd Wisconsin, 4th Texas Infantry, 4th U.S. Artillery, 6th Wisconsin, 90th Illinois Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Chickamauga, Bell Irvin Wiley, Braxton Bragg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Fort Donelson, George Meade, Governeur Warren, Iron Brigade, Joe Hooker, John Gibbon, Joseph Polley, Pittsburg Landing, Samuel Crawford, The Iron Brigade, Viniard Field, XI Corps, XII Corps
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A General Fallen from Grace: Lew Wallace before Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint. Part one in a series. Musketry crackled in the distance, heavy cannonading made the ground rumble, hundreds of men died up ahead, and Major General Lew Wallace was on the wrong road. Wallace and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Early's invasion of Maryland, Fort Donelson, Henry Halleck, James Ricketts, John Garret, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Middle Department, Monocacy, Monocacy Junction, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant, VIII Corps, Wallace's Third Division
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