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Tag Archives: Southern Historical Society Papers
“A Piece of Bone,” Bishop Polk, and the National Tribune
Editor’s note: Stephen Davis’ forthcoming book, The National Tribune Remembers the Atlanta Campaign, will be published next year by Savas Beatie. The National Tribune, a weekly newspaper published in Washington from 1877 to 1943, was arguably the most comprehensive repository … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged 15th Wisconsin, Albert Castel, Atlanta Campaign, Bishop Polk, Confederate Veteran, David Conyngham, David Stanley, George Thomas, Joseph Johnston, Leonidas Polk, National Tribune, New York Herald, Pine Mountain, Richard Sauers, Savas Beatie, Southern Historical Society Papers
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John William Jones: Historian of the Confederacy
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Christopher Martin to share Part 2 of his research on John William Jones. (Find Part 1 here) One of the least well known figures in the history of Confederate monument making was John William … Continue reading
Congressman Wheeler Speaks in the House on Causes of the War
Jack Melton, publisher of Civil War News, often talks with me about little-known sources and items in Civil War history. Recently he pointed me to one such: a speech by Joseph Wheeler, later Confederate major general, then U. S. Representative … Continue reading
Another Courier’s Perspective: William Henry Jenkins and the Death of A.P. Hill
Earlier this week I shared some new information discovered about William Bennett Kirkpatrick, a previously unidentified courier who relayed A.P. Hill’s last message to his Third Corps headquarters on April 2, 1865. Within the hour, Corporal John Watson Mauk shot … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged Ambrose Powell Hill, Breakthrough at Petersburg, Charles S. Venable, couriers, Death of A.P. Hill, George Percy Hawes, George W. Tucker, National Tribune, Petersburg, Southern Historical Society Papers, William B. Kirkpatrick, William H. Jenkins
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Identifying “Courier Kirkpatrick” on A.P. Hill’s Last Ride
Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill was killed in the aftermath of the successful Union attack near Petersburg on the morning of April 2, 1865. Sergeant George Washington Tucker, Jr., the general’s chief of couriers, was the only Confederate present at … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged A.P. Hill, ancestry.com, Breakthrough at Petersburg, couriers, Death of A.P. Hill, Fold3.com, John W. Mauk, Newspapers.com, Petersburg Campaign, Southern Historical Society Papers, William B. Kirkpatrick
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