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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactic: How Technology Drove Change (Part Eight)
(conclusion to a series) Young Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, a member of the West Point class of 1861 who was known as Harry to his family and friends, commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi, … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Cavalry
Tagged Battle of Selma, Carolina Campaign of 1865, Cavalry Bureau, Cavalry tactics, Edward M. McCook, Eli Long, Emory Upton, James H. Wilson, Judson Kilpatrick, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Oscar LaGrange, Robert C. Tyler, Selma, The-Evolution-of-Cavalry-Tactics, Tuscaloosa
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Day Two: Selma
Part six in a series We walk across the bridge in single file, not shoulder to shoulder as the marchers did in 1865. And we take the sidewalk, not the traffic lanes. And we’re greeted by a super-friendly local named … Continue reading
What Did They Know?
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes When considering historical events, it is too easy to wonder, given what happened, why in the world our ancestors did what they did. But we must remember that they … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Navies, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Albert Edward, Alexander Stephens, Army of the James, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Charleston South Carolina, CSS Florida, CSS Shenandoah, George McClellan, George Thomas, James Longstreet, James Waddell, John Bell Hood, Jubal Early, March to the Sea, Mobile, Osprey, P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Selma, Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Tallahassee, Ulysse S. Grant, William T. Sherman
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James Wilson and the Battle of Nashville, Part II
As Wilson rested and refitted his troopers during the opening days of December, 1864, Maj. Gen. George Thomas was engaged in another battle. This one was not with John Bell Hood, but with his superiors. Throughout the first two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Alexander Stewart, Andrew Jackson Smith, Datus Coon, Edward Hatch, Frank Cheatham, George Thomas, Henry Halleck, James Steedman, James Wilson, John Bell Hood, John Croxton, John McArthur, John Schofield, Joseph Knipe, Peach Orchard Hill, Richard Johnson, Selma, Shy's Hill, Thomas Wood, Ulysses S. Grant
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