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Tag Archives: Thomas Rosser
“I Intend to Make the Yankees Pay”: The Raid at Catlett’s Station
Part three in a series. You may read part one here and part two here. Two days after the embarrassment at Verdiersville, Stuart pushed his cavalry across the Rapidan. He accompanied the newly arrived brigade of Brig. Gen. Beverly Robertson through Stevensburg. The … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 1st Virginia Cavalry, 4th Virginia Cavalry, 5th Virginia Cavalry, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beverly Robertson, First Battle of Brandy Station, Fitzhugh Lee, JEB Stuart, John Pope, Stuart's Raid at Catlett Station, Thomas Rosser, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Williams C. Wickham
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The Fight for the Ogg Farm at Trevilian Station
This past weekend, my wife and I had the opportunity to spend time with family at Lake Anna. On Friday morning, we went out to breakfast in Louisa with my wonderful brother and sister-in-law. Driving back to the house, we … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged 4th New York Cavalry, 6th New York Cavalry, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Alfred Torbert, Battery D 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battle of Trevilian Station, Benjamin Rutledge, David Gregg, Edward Williston, Fitzhugh Lee, George A. Custer, Gilbert Wright, Matthew C. Butler, Ogg Farm at Trevilian Station, Philip Sheridan, Pierce M.B. Young, Reserve Brigade, Richard Dulany, The Michigan Brigade, Thomas Devin, Thomas Rosser, Wade Hampton, Wesley Merritt
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Book Review: “Decision at Tom’s Brook: George Custer, Thomas Rosser and the Joy of the Fight”
In the autumn of 1864, Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan and Lt. Gen. Jubal Early engaged one another in an effort to control Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. A Union defeat might well have offset gains made by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Battle of Tom's Brook, George Custer, Jubal Early, Philip Sheridan, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Thomas Rosser, Wesley Merritt
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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part four)
part four of five During some of these visits to the city with my mother, I would stop at my Aunt Hattie’s house and she would always have food for us, until she got too old to cook the way … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, National Park Service, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, 30th USCT, 54th Massachusetts, Alrich Farm, Chancellorsville, CVC, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Hashmel Turner, Innis House, John Cummings, John J. Wright Museum, Martha Innis, Noel Harrison, Steward Henderson, Steward-Henderson-Fredericksburg-Series, Thomas Rosser, Trail to Freedom, USCT
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Wesley Merritt and the Battle of Tom’s Brook
Following the Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Federal army pursued Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early’s Rebel forces up the Shenandoah Valley. With the Yankees dogging his march, Early left the Valley, while Sheridan encamped around the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged "Woodstock Races", 2d Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 9th U.S. Cavalry, Appomattox, Army of Northern Virgina, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Back Road, Battle of Tom's Brook, Bradley Johnson, Charles Russell Lowell, Fisher's Hill, George Custer, Gettysburg, Harrisonburg, John Buford, Jubal Early, Little Bighorn, Lunsford Lomax, Natural Bridge, Reserve Brigade, Spanish American War, Stoneman's Raid, Third Winchester, Thomas Devin, Thomas Rosser, Trevilian's Station, Valley Turnpike, Virginia, Wesley Merritt, West Point, Woodstock, Yellow Tavern
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The Battle of Trevilian Station
Having been fought to a standstill in front of Robert E. Lee’s lines at Cold Harbor in early June, 1864, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant decided to swing past Lee’s right flank, cross the James River and assail the rail … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Alfred Torbert, Charlottesville, David Gregg, David Hunter, Fitzhugh Lee, George Custer, Louisa County, Ogg Farm, Petersburg, Reserve Brigade, Robert E. Lee, Shenandoah Valley, Thomas Rosser, Trevilian's Station, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia Central Railroad, Wade Hampton, Wesley Merrit
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Sign of the Times–150 years later
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, Spotsylvania Court House, Thomas Rosser
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First Cousin, Once Removed: Edwin Gray Lee
This is the third installment of the “Tales from the Tombstone” series His grandfather was Edmund Jennings Lee, Sr. a brother of “Light Horse Harry” Lee. Hisfather stayed out of politics altogether. With a last name of Lee and a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Edwin Gray Lee, Light Horse Harry Lee, Peninsula Camp, Robert E. Lee, Sandie Pendleton, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Tales from the Toombstone, Thomas Rosser, William N. Pendleton
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Fact List About the 23rd United States Colored Troops…Past and Present
I wanted to convey some information about the 23rd United States Colored Troops. The unit proudly served in the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. Today, the unit is based out of Spotsylvania County Virginia, and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, USCT
Tagged 23rd United States Colored Troops, 23rd USCT, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, 9th Corps, Ambrose Burnside, Army of the James, Army of the Potomac, Camp Casey, Chancellorsville Ruins, Colonel Henry G. Thomas, Edward Ferrero, George Gordon Meade, Old Plank Road, Thomas Rosser
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