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Tag Archives: Raleigh Colston
Watching the “Merrimac”
One of the joys of a historian is finding that perfect eye-witness account of momentous events, one that puts you alongside our ancestors and sees through their eyes. The following is just such a viewpoint. “IN March, 1862, I was … Continue reading
The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys: June 9, 1864
By the second week of June 1864, the armies of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee had deadlocked one another in their Cold Harbor fortifications on the outskirts of Richmond. Close as he was to the Confederate capital–closer indeed … Continue reading
“VMI Will Be Heard From Today”
“You may go forward, then.” With those five words, Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson ordered Brigadier General Robert Rodes’ division forward. As Jackson had said earlier on the May 2, 1863, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) would be heard from that … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville, A.P. Hill, Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski, darell l. collins, Fighting Joe Hooker, free lance star, Henry Heth, Jackson wounding, James Lane, Kristopher White, Raleigh Colston, Robert E. Lee, Robert Rodes, Stonewall Jackson, VMI
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