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Breaking News: CVBT to Acquire Tract at Spotsylvania Court House
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has an excellent opportunity to preserve a parcel of ground related to fighting along the western front at Spotsylvania Court House. “Help Save a Significant Portion of the Spotsylvania Battlefield,” they asked in a press release … Continue reading
Early Spring at Spotsy
It was an incredible 79 degrees in Spotsylvania this afternoon. To take advantage of the weather, I took a walk around the Bloody Angle at the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. Aside from the unseasonably warm temps, I found this delightful … Continue reading
Visiting “Uncle John”
I first got to know John Sedgwick during the Chancellorsville campaign. Back in the early 2000-teens, Kris White and I were working on Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church. Sedgwick, as commander of the Federal … Continue reading
A Sketch of Stevenson Ridge, 1864
A couple weeks ago, as I was looking at Harper’s Weekly’s coverage of the Overland Campaign, I came across a fun unexpected surprise: a wartime illustration from Spotsylvania that shows Stevenson Ridge. The image, sketched by Alfred Waud, is labeled … Continue reading
The Topography of Spotsylvania
Last Friday and Saturday, I had the opportunity to give a tour of the Spotsylvania and North Anna River battlefield to a great group from the Central Ohio Civil War Round Table. I have walked Spotsylvania many times; however, one … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Yellow Tavern, Emory Upton, George Meade, II Corps, IX Corps, J.E.B. Stuart, Jubal Early, Laurel Hill, Lee's Last Line, Mule Shoe Salient, Myer's Hill, Ni River, North Anna River, Po River, Richmond, Sarah Spindle, Spotsylvania Court House, The Bloody Angle, U.S. Grant
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Little Phil Takes Command
At a simple rail stop outside Frederick, Maryland the two commanders shook hands as the train prepared to depart. After a brief meeting, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, the General-in-Chief of the United States Armies, handed written orders to his … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of Northern Virginia, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, David Hunter, George G. Meade, George McClellan, Jubal Early, Lynchburg, Meadow Bridge, Missionary Ridge, Monocacy, Monocacy Station, Perryville, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Shenandoah Valley, Spotsylvania Court House, Stones River, Trevilian's Station, Ulysses S. Grant, Wade Hampton, wilderness, William Franklin, Yellow Tavern
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Symposium Update!
We are proud to announce that Daniel T. Davis and Richard A. Chapman, Jr. will be joining us a guides for our Sunday symposium tours! Daniel T. Davis will join Chris Mackowski’s tour of the Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield. Daniel … Continue reading
Posted in Speakers Bureau, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Chris Mackowski, Chris Mackowski; Kristopher D. White, Daniel T. Davis, Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, First Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Kristopher D. White, Richard Chapman, Spotsylvania Court House, Stevenson Ridge, Virginia Battlefield Tours
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