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Tag Archives: Robert Hoke
Book Review: “The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January—May 1864”
The Confederacy faced a series of ever-increasing problems by the winter of 1863-1864. Logistically, they were running out of supplies. Politically, the war that seemed to have no end to its bloody lists was wearing down the morale of the … Continue reading
Assigning Blame at Drewry’s Bluff: Whiting and Ransom
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sean Michael Chick When General P.G.T. Beauregard attacked Major General Benjamin Butler at Drewry’s Bluff on May 16, 1864, he intended to win a great victory. The plan was for Butler to be … Continue reading
Preservation News: June 1, 1864 at Cold Harbor
Recently the Civil War Trust announced an effort to preserve land related to the June 1, 1864 fighting at Cold Harbor. This combat has often been overshadowed by the Union assault which took place there on June 3. Cold Harbor … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged 121st New York, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 51st North Carolina, 5th Maine, 95th Pennsylvania, 96th Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Spotsylvania, Elisha Kellogg, Emory Upton, Horatio Wright, Mule Shoe Salient, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Hoke, Thomas Clingman, Ulysses S. Grant, William "Baldy" Smith, XVIII Corps
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“Great Good Service”: Union Cavalry Holds Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
After taking command of the Army of the Potomac’s cavalry corps in April 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan was determined to expand the duties of his troopers. Traditionally, the primary role of cavalry was that of scouting, screening and intelligence … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1st New York Dragoons, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry, Alfred Torbert, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Matadequin Creek, Fitzhugh Lee, George A. Custer, James Kidd, Joseph Kershaw, Lawrence Keitt, Martin Gary, Matthew C. Butler, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Hoke, Thomas Clingman, Thomas Devin, Wesley Merritt
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“me and the bridge is safe”: The Pontoon Bridge at Rappahannock Station
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Mike Block As the sun set behind the Blue Ridge Mountains about 5 P.M. on November 7, 1863, the 6th Maine Infantry and 5th Wisconsin Infantry began their climb up a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 121st New York, 14th Virginia, 49th Pennsylvania, 54th North Carolina, 5th Louisiana, 5th Wisconsin, 6th Maine, 7th Louisiana, Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Campaign, Emory Upton, George B. McClellan, Harry Hays, Jubal Early, Peter Ellmaker, Rapphannock Station, Robert Hoke
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Review: The Battle of Wise’s Forks, March 1865 by Wade Sokolosky and Mark A. Smith
March 1865 saw the Confederacy in severe straits, Union General Ulysses S. Grant had a death-lock grip on Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces around Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, Union General William T. Sherman had reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Book Review, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Averasboro, Bentonville, Braxton Bragg, D.H. Hill, George Greene, Jacob Cox, John Schofield, Mark A. Smith, Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina, Robert Hoke, Thomas Meagher, Wade Sokolosky, William Sherman, Wise's Forks
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The Battle of Bentonville: March 20, 1865
Dawn broke on the morning of March 20 with Slocum and Johnston still facing each other. Meanwhile, Sherman, Howard and the Army of the Tennessee were on their way to the battlefield. Approaching from the east, the Federals were delayed … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, Evander Law, Goldsboro, Joseph Johnston, Mill Creek, Robert Hoke, William T. Sherman
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To Crush One Corps of Sherman’s Army: Henry Slocum’s Actions at Bentonville
Major General Henry W. Slocum could hardly believe his ears. Standing before him was an emaciated figure, dressed in enemy gray. The man, a “galvanized Yankee”, which was a term applied to captured Union soldiers who chose to enter Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 10th Michigan Infantry, 14th Michigan Infantry, 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, 17th New York Infantry, 27th New York Infantry, 60th Illinois Infantry, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Gettysburg, Braxton Bragg, District of Vicksburg, Henry Slocum, James B. McPherson, James Morgan, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph Hooker, Joseph Johnston, March to the Sea, Oliver O. Howard, Robert Hoke, Seven Days Battles, Sherman's Carolinas Campaign, Wade Hampton, William Carlin, William Hardee, William T. Sherman, XII Corps, XIV Corps, XX Corps
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The Battle of Bentonville: March 19, 1865
150 years ago, on the morning of March 19, 1865, the Battle of Bentonville opened with Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry delaying the advance of Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum’s Army of Georgia along the Goldsboro Road. Hampton had chosen the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, Alpheus Williams, Henry Slocum, J.J. Cole Plantation, James Morgan, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph Johnston, Reddick Morris Farm, Robert Hoke, Smithfield, Wade Hampton, William Carlin, William T. Sherman
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“The Very Essence of Nightmare”—The Battle of Plymouth, NC, and the Destruction of the CSS Albemarle, pt. IV
We are pleased to welcome back guest author Sam Smith part four of a series By daybreak on April 20, with a couple of signal shots from the Albermarle, Confederate infantry rushed forward toward the forts defending Plymouth. The Union defenders opened fire as soon … Continue reading
