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ECW Weekender: Totopotomoy Creek
It’s the 155th anniversary of the fighting along Totopotomoy Creek, which opened the action at Cold Harbor during Grants 1864 Overland Campaign. Richmond National Battlefield has administered the site since 2006, and it is definitely a gem worth visiting. Aside … Continue reading
Totopotomoy Creek
Excerpted from Hurricane from the Heavens by Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt: Grant later wrote, “The streams were numerous…with impenetrable growth of trees and underbrush” as his army crossed the Pamunkey onto the Tidewater Peninsula of Virginia. The … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Overland Campaign, Gouverneur K. Warren, Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee, Rural Plains, Shelton House, Totopotomoy Creek, Ulysses S. Grant, Winfield Scott Hancock
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A Peek at No Turning Back
I wrapped up work this week on the latest title in the Emerging Civil War book series and got it shipped off to the printer. No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign by Robert “Bert” Dunkerly, Don Pfanz, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War Series, Photography
Tagged Bert Dunkerly, Carmel Church, Cold Harbor, Dave Ruth, Don Pfanz, Emerging Civil War Series, Enon Church, No Turning Back, North Anna River, Overland Campaign, Polegreen Church, Robert Dunkerly, Shelton House, Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia Civil War Trails
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