Tag Archives: Rutherford B. Hayes

A Casualty at Antietam

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Daniel Welch

The afternoon grew late before the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry finally joined the fray. The battle at Antietam had waged since the early morning hours of September 17, 1863. However, as part of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s IX Corps, the … Continue reading →

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Colonel Hayes and the Third Battle of Winchester

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The Third Battle of Winchester—fought on September 19, 1864—pitted Union General Philip Sheridan against Confederate General Jubal Early in the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. The conflict ended with the Confederates giving up Winchester for the last time … Continue reading →

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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 14, 1862

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Kevin Pawlak

From 9 a.m. until the sun set behind the hills, the day-long Battle of South Mountain raged. Federal troops first struck up the mountain at Fox’s Gap. By the end of 13 hours of fighting, the motley assortment of Confederate … Continue reading →

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Stanley Matthews: Lawyer in Blue

Posted on August 4, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. may be the most famous lawyer to serve in the Civil War, but he wasn’t the only Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to wear … Continue reading →

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McKinley’s Ride

Posted on July 24, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Quartermasters don’t usually have their stories spread nationally or warrant monuments, but William McKinley, 25th President of the Unites States, has one at Antietam. There, as a young sergeant, … Continue reading →

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1870s Politics: When a Presidential Election’s Outcome Was Contested with Threats of Violence

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Matt Stanley

This commentary originally appeared on Oct. 21, 2016, in the History News Network’s daily newsletter and is reposted here with permission. The aftermath of the 1876 presidential election saw an uncommon moment of electoral pandemonium. Coming after over a decade of … Continue reading →

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Shenandoah Subordinates: George Crook and the Controversy of Fisher’s Hill

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Daniel Davis

Part three in a series. Jubal Early’s Confederates tramped through the night of September 19. After being routed off the battlefield at Winchester and chased through the town, the Army of the Valley headed south. They did not stop until … Continue reading →

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