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Tag Archives: Rutherford B. Hayes
A Future President Reflects On An Ending War
Recently, I was sorting through some letters and diaries of U.S. Presidents who fought during the Civil War and I came across an online archive of Rutherford B. Hayes’s wartime letters and diary entries. I’m looking forward to spending some … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Primary Sources
Tagged primary source, Prisoners, Rutherford B. Hayes
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A Casualty at Antietam
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
Colonel Hayes and the Third Battle of Winchester
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
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 14, 1862
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
Stanley Matthews: Lawyer in Blue
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
McKinley’s Ride
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
1870s Politics: When a Presidential Election’s Outcome Was Contested with Threats of Violence
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
Shenandoah Subordinates: George Crook and the Controversy of Fisher’s Hill
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
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged 1876 Sioux War, 4th U.S. Infantry, Chickamauga, Crook's Buzzards, Fisher's Hill, George Custer, Geronimo, Henry DuPont, Horatio Wright, Hupp House, Little Bighorn, Little North Mountain, Middle Military Division, Rutherford B. Hayes, South Mountain, Stephen Ramseur, Strasburg, Tullahoma Campaign, William Emory
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