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Tag Archives: Saunders Field
Re-crossing Saunders’ Field
Unless you’re walking a loop trail on a battlefield or have a vehicle waiting to pick you up, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll have to walk back the way you crossed a field. For many battlefield visits, I focused … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged 20th Maine, 83rd Pennsylvania, Battle of the Wilderness, Saunders Field
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“Good bye from your soger boy”: One Last Letter before the Wilderness
Sometimes he signed his letters “with affection” or “good-night” or “good-bye.” Sometimes he wrote his full name, other times just initials, sometimes with the familiar name to his family and friends: “Will.” Most of his correspondence went to his younger … Continue reading
Reward for Service
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jim Taub Firing had been growing in intensity all along the line. The skirmishers of Governeur Warren’s V Corps were hotly engaged with Richard Ewell’s Confederates. The Army of the Potomac … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 140th New York, 146th New York, 155th Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, George Steuart, Governeur Warren, Little Round Top, Robert E. Lee, Saunders Field, U.S. Regulars, zouaves
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The Bag Was Tied: The 146th New York in Saunders Field
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jim Taub It would seem appropriate that, as the last post centered on the men who charged across Saunders Field 151 years ago today, to write of their participation in that fight. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 146th New York, 155th Pennsylvania, 91st Pennsylvania, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, David Jenkins, George Meade, George Steuart, George Williams. Romeyn Ayres, Governeur Warren, Henry Curran, Little Round Top, Norton Sheppard, Orange Turnpike, Richard S. Ewell, Saunders Field, Scots Greys, Second Corps, V Corps, Waterloo
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Catching Up on our 150th Anniversary Coverage
We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our readers for following along with our 150th anniversary coverage. Over the last two weeks we have published a large number of posts, to make it easier on our readers, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War
Tagged 23rd USCT, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of New Market, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Bloody Angle, Emory Upton, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, Laurel Hill, Mule Shoe, Resaca, Robert E. Lee, Saunders Field, Ulysses S. Grant, Widow Tapp Field
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