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Tag Archives: Stonewall Brigade
A Tale of Two Fields: Where the 3rd Wisconsin’s Reconnaissance Fought at Cedar Mountain
ECW welcomes back guest author Chris Bryan As a four-hour artillery duel raged on the sweltering afternoon of August 9, 1862, Union and Confederate infantry under Major Generals Nathaniel Banks and Thomas J. Jackson arrived on the fields north of … Continue reading
The Marines at First Manassas
The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of … Continue reading
“Ever Forward”: The 116th Virginia Infantry & D-Day
On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers waded ashore under enemy fire, battling to establish five beach-heads on the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied Europe. Omaha Beach – one of the code-named stretches of shoreline assigned to U.S. troops for capture – … Continue reading
Posted in Ties to the War
Tagged 116th Infantry Regiment, D-day, Normandy, Stonewall Brigade, Ties to the War
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Captain Hugh A. White: “To Draw Back Is Impossible”
“…his presence was soon missed, and a member of his company, fearing he had been injured, proceeded to look for him, and soon found his body. He was lying on his face, resting it in his hands, and his pistol … Continue reading
Fighting at Monocacy’s Thomas Farm
Today is the 153rd anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Fought just miles south of Frederick, Maryland along the banks of the Monocacy river the battle was Federal Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s last-ditch effort to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 106th New York, 13th Georgia, 14th New Jersey, 61st Georgia, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, Christian Keefer Thomas, Clement Evans, Eugene C. Gordon, Frederick, James H. Baker, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Tigers, Monocacy, Stonewall Brigade, Thomas Farm, William Seward Jr.
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In Memory of Mary Tyler Moore
Most people remember Mary Tyler Moore as one of Hollywood’s great funny ladies, and for good reason: Laura Petrie, and more recently, Mary Richards, left an indelible mark on American society. Moore’s death today at age 80 is a real … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Preservation, Ties to the War
Tagged 4th Virginia Infantry, Conrad Shindler, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Jackson's Headquarters, Lewis Tilghman Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Sam Waterston, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, Stonewall Brigade, Winchester
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Picketing the Army of the Potomac’s Winter Encampment: Union Cavalry at Lamb’s Creek Church
Following the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 and the failure of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s “Mud March”, the Army of the Potomac established winter quarters in Stafford County. Responsibility for guarding the approaches fell to the Union cavalry. Picket … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Stonewall (sort of)
Happy 155th birthday to Stonewall Jackson, who was born on this day in 1861. Of course, Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). But it was on this day 155 years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Memory
Tagged clarksburg, Stephwall, Stonewall Brigade, Stonewall Jackson
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Wesley Culp
Part of a Series. Many visitors to Gettysburg are familiar with the story of Wesley Culp, the boy who grew up in the town of Gettysburg. He hunted on his Uncle Henry’s farm, learned the leather trade in Gettysburg, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Personalities
Tagged 2nd Virginia Infantry, Battle of Gettysburg, Brinkerhoff's Ridge, Culp's Hill, Edward Johnson, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Culp, Jubal Early, Shepherdstown, Stonewall Brigade, Wesley Culp, Wolf's Hill
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The Blue and Gray
At last weekend’s symposium, several people asked me about my lapel pin, which is a Korean taeguk of blue and gray swirls chasing each other – the classic “yin and yang” shape. (It is pictured below.) I periodically wear the … Continue reading
