Tag Archives: Richard S. Ewell

What If James Longstreet Had Been at the North Anna River?

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Chris Mackowski

I’ve long maintained that James Longstreet’s wounding in the Wilderness had a bigger negative impact on the Army of Northern Virginia in the immediate moment than the wounding of Stonewall Jackson a year earlier at Chancellorsville. In fact, the wounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership--Confederate | Tagged A. P. Hill, Army of Northern Virginia, inverted V, James Longstreet, Leadership, Longstreet's wounding, North Anna River, Overland Campaign, Richard Anderson, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Spotsylvania Court House, Strike Them a Blow, What If? What-if-2022, wilderness | 4 Comments

Maine at War July 2022 blog posts

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Brian Swartz

In July 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a popular rail trail that brushes against Civil War history to a 1st Maine Heavy Artillery veteran who did not let his bullet-shattered jaw silence him. July 6, … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs | Tagged 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, Abner Coburn, Acadia National Park, Army of the Potomac, Augusta, Bangor Daily News, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Bowdoin College, Brian Swartz, Brunswick, Central Maine Adventure Trail, Charles J. Gilman, Clara J. Welch, Cony Hospital, Corinna, Corinna Veterans Memorial, Corundel Lake, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Eden, Emory Washburn, Ezekiel Holmes, Farmer’s Table, Fort Popham, Fort Popham State Historic Site, Fredericksburg, George Burgess, George E. Tufts, George W. Burns, Graham Stinson, Harris Farm, Hunnewell’s Point, J. H. Drummond, Jack Gifford, James Harvey Stinson, Jane Mudgett Stinson, John A. Poor, John J. Day, Joni Smith, Kennebec River, Lake Wassookeag, Leonard Woods Jr., Lewis Burns, Maine at War, Maine Central Railroad, Maine Farmer, Maine Historical Society, Martha Burns, Mason’s Mills, Maude Stinson, Moosehead Trail, Mount Desert Island, Mulligan Stream, Nahum P. Monroe, Nathan Birnbaum, Newport, Old Bar Harbor Road, Phippsburg, Portland, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Sabino Peninsula, Salisbury Cove, Salisbury Cove Cemetery, Sebasticook Lake, Sir George Popham, Spotsylvania Court House, Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Thomas H. Marshal Post No. 42, Thomas L. Casey, Ulysses S. Grant, wilderness, William Burns, William Willis | Leave a comment

On the March to Sailor’s Creek with Tucker’s Naval Battalion

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Neil P. Chatelain

One thousand Confederate sailors and Marines defended Richmond by April 1865. Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes commanded the James River Squadron’s ironclads, wooden steamers, and torpedo boats. The Confederate Naval Academy, officers in training, operated CSS Patrick Henry. Captain John R. … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Navies | Tagged Adolphus Schwartzman, Battle of Sailor's Creek, Confederate Navy, Confederate States Marine Corps, CSS Patrick Henry, Drewry's Bluff, Eugenius Jack, Fall of Richmond, George Terrett, Howard McHenry, James River Squadron, John R. Tucker, Joseph Viernelson, on-the-march, Raphael Semmes, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Watson, William Mahone | 1 Comment

Fallen Leaders: Did Daniel Chaplin commit death-by-sniper?

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Brian Swartz

After seeing his 1st Maine Heavy Artillery destroyed at Petersburg, Col. Daniel Chaplin “seemed not to care to live after his regiment was gone,” thought Pvt. Joel Brown, Co. I. Two months later the distraught colonel was gone, too, possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs | Tagged 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Bangor, Belle Plain, Brian Swartz, Bridgton, Daniel Chaplin, David B. Birney, Deep Bottom, Francis C. Barlow, Frederic E. Shaw, George G. Meade, George W. Madox, Gershom Mott, Hare House, Harris Farm, Horace Shaw, Joel Brown, John Gibbon, New Brunswick, Petersburg, Philadelphia, Prince George Courthouse Road, Richard S. Ewell, Robert O. Tyler, Russell B. Shepherd, Susan Davis Gibbs, Thomas H. Talbot, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington D.C., Winfield Scott Hancock | 11 Comments

Jubal Early’s Charmed Existence in the Summer of 1862

Posted on July 21, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Chris Bryan Brigadier General Jubal Early, and his brigade, faced tight spots on numerous battlefields in August and September 1862. These events occurred during a period when the brigade also fought at Kettle Run, Groveton, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate | Tagged A.P. Hill, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Franz Sigel, Great Run, J.E.B. Stuart, James Longstreet, John Pope, Jubal Early, Nathaniel Banks, Richard S. Ewell, Stonewall Jackson, West Woods | 1 Comment

Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The “Wounding” of Richard Ewell

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Arguably the most criticized member of the Confederate high command at Gettysburg was 46-year-old Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell. Ewell assumed command of the Confederate Second Corps prior to the Gettysburg Campaign, and after the death … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Personalities | Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Cemetery Hill, Culp Farm, Culp's Hill, East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Harry Hays, Richard S. Ewell | 4 Comments

Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Jones Artillery Line

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a Series. Tucked between the Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village and the and the Twin Oaks subdivision are a few Civil War cannon. It is a rarely visited spot by most visitors to the Gettysburg battlefield. Few venture north … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Artillery, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal | Tagged 11th Corps, 17th Connecticut, Barlow's Knoll, Battery G 4th United States Artillery, Battle of Gettysburg, Bayard Wilkeson, Blocher's Knoll, Douglas Fowler, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Hilary Jones, Jones Battalion Ave, Jubal Early, Richard S. Ewell, Samuel Wilkeson | 6 Comments

From The ECW Archives: General Ewell’s Wound At Groveton

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

In 2015, Phill Greenwalt published research about Confederate General Richard Ewell’s injury during the Battle of Groveton, which was an opening engagement of Second Bull Run. Since it’s that battle anniversary day, here is a re-run of that original blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Medical | Tagged Battle of Groveton, ECW archives, from the archives, medical care, Richard S. Ewell, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas | 1 Comment

J.E.B. Stuart and the Question of Corps Command

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Daniel Davis

In the days after his victory in the Chancellorsville Campaign, Gen. Robert E. Lee faced a number of critical decisions, among them the reorganization of his Army of Northern Virginia. The death of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson on … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities | Tagged Ambrose Powell Hill, JEB Stuart, Richard H. Anderson, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Thomas L. Rosser, William Dorsey Pender | 12 Comments

Second Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Liam McGurl

Eric Wittenberg described his latest publishing project, co-written by Scott Mingus, as “thorough.” And the extensive research that went into the book—not to mention its 500-page duration—is proof of that. The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War | Tagged Eric Wittenberg, Gettysburg Campaign, Richard S. Ewell, Robert Milroy, Savas Beatie, Scott Mingus, Second Winchester, Ted Savas, Winchester | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: Richard S. Ewell

What If James Longstreet Had Been at the North Anna River?

Maine at War July 2022 blog posts

On the March to Sailor’s Creek with Tucker’s Naval Battalion

Fallen Leaders: Did Daniel Chaplin commit death-by-sniper?

Jubal Early’s Charmed Existence in the Summer of 1862

Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The “Wounding” of Richard Ewell

Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Jones Artillery Line

From The ECW Archives: General Ewell’s Wound At Groveton

J.E.B. Stuart and the Question of Corps Command

Second Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg

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