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Tag Archives: The Wheatfield
Christmas on the Rappahannock
About twenty years ago my parents bought me a Civil War painting by Ray W. Forquer. The painting, “Christmas on the Rappahannock,” has always been one of my favorites. It’s not the artistry that I love so much, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier, Holidays
Tagged 140th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Christmas, Christmas in the Civil War, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Henry Bingham, John Fraser, John Paxton, Mule Shoe, Po River, Rappahannock River, Spotsylvania, Stony Hill, The Wheatfield, Thomas Paxton, Vincennes Rifles, Wilson Paxton
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“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg
The fighting that occurred 153 years ago on the south end of the Gettysburg battlefield is some of the best known in American military history. Names of key participants and individuals have been seared into the public conscience. Some gain … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battery L 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Daniel Sickles, Frank Gibbs, George Sykes, Hannibal Day, Henry Benning, Houcks Ridge, John Caldwell, Joseph Kershaw, Little Round Top, Paul Semmes, Plum Run Valley, Romeyn Ayres, Sidney Burbank, Sykes' Regular Division, The Wheatfield, William Wofford
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Death of Colonel Charles Taylor
Part of a series. Charles Frederick Taylor was born on February 6, 1840, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In 1857 he became a student at the University of Michigan. His time as a student was short lived. Unfortunately the family’s farm … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Bucktails, Charles Frederick Taylor, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Little Round Top, Pennsylvania Bucktails, The Wheatfield
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The 27th Connecticut Monuments at Gettysburg
Part of a series. The 27th Connecticut Infantry was one of those hard luck regiments that served with the Army of the Potomac. The Nutmeg State men entered Federal service during the “Emergency of 1862,” when Robert E. Lee turned … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 10th Georgia, 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg, 27th Connecticut, Belle Isle Prison, Chancellorsville, City Point, Fredericksburg, George Meade, George Rose, George T. Anderson, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Merwin, Jedediah Chapman, John Caldwell, John R. Brooke, Libby Prision, Paul Semmes, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, Rose Run, The Wheatfield
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Symposium Spotlight: Ryan Quint and the Cornfield at Antietam
Ryan Quint, Emerging Civil War’s Book Review Editor, will make his second appearance at the Emerging Civil War Symposium. It seems that some of the most simply named places on Civil War battlefields, witnessed the most horrific moments of the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Speakers Bureau, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Antietam, David R. Miller, Emerging Civil War Series, Miller's Cornfield, Monocacy, Ryan Quint, Sharpsburg, Stevenson Ridge, Symposium Spotlight, The Cornfield, the crater, The Sunken Road, The Wheatfield, Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
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ECW Series is Ready to “Fight Like the Devil”
by ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle The Emerging Civil War Series has covered many key battles in the Civil War, but now the series is tackling the most significant—and well-known—battle between the two American armies. Fight Like the Devil: The First … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Cemetery Hill, Chris Mackowski, Daniel T. Davis, Fight Like the Devil, Kristopher D. White, Little Round Top, Oliver O. Howard, Pickett's Charge, Richard Ewell, Stonewall Jackson, The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, The Wheatfield
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What It’s All About
I was in Gettysburg this past weekend to take an all-day tour of the Union lines from Culp’s Hill down to Little Round Top. In total, the group walked about ten miles over the course of the day, and I … Continue reading
