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Tag Archives: Samuel French
Some Thoughts on Resaca, on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Battlefield Park
During this past weekend (May 13-15), the Resaca Battlefield Historic Site has formally opened with much pageantry—and great weather! [NOTE: See Michael K. Shaffer’s Sunday post for details.] See my feature article on Resaca in Blue & Gray’s Summer 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War Series, Preservation
Tagged A Long and Bloody Task, Albert Castel, Atlanta Campaign, Blue and Gray, Cherokee Battery, Friends of Resaca Battlefield, Georgia Campaign, Joseph E. Johnston, Larry Peterson, Max Van Den Corput, Oostanaula River, Resaca, Samuel French, Shelby Foote, Tom Sweeny, William R. Scaife, William T. Sherman
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Bled From the Top: Confederate Officer Corps in the 1864 Tennessee Campaign
When the Army of Tennessee returned to its namesake Confederate state in November 1864, the chance to provide a glimmer of hope for the South in the West marched with it. By early December, that same force was decimated after … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 1864, Arthur Manigault, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Spring Hill, Confedeate leadership western theater, Confederate, Daniel Govan, Edward Johnson, Francis Cockrell, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, George Washington Gordon, Henry Jackson, Hiram Granbury, Jacob Sharp, John Adams, John Bell Hood, John C. Brown, John C. Carter, Otto Strahl, Robert Bullock, Samuel French, States Rights Gist, Stephen Dill, Thomas Benton Smith, Thomas Scott, Zachariah Deas
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