Tag Archives: Tullahoma Campaign

Not Written in Letters of Blood: Tullahoma

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Dave Powell

On July 7, 1863, William Rosecrans, in reply to a telegram from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, wrote: “I beg in [sic] behalf of this army that the War Department may not overlook so great an event because it is … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Tullahoma Campaign

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Edward S. Alexander

As the presentations from this year’s Emerging Civil War Symposium air on C-Span3 I will publish the map I made to accompany each talk. Because our theme this year was “Forgotten Battles” I knew that some of the topics might … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN 3

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

The first of our segments from the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge airs this weekend on C-SPAN 3. Our theme was Forgotten Battles, and this week’s forgotten battle comes from central Tennessee. The Tullahoma Campaign, presented … Continue reading →

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Podcast Additional Resources: “Forgotten? The Tullahoma Campaign”

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Let’s giveaway some information and links for the additional resources related to our newest podcast! (Yeah, we know the additional resources usually appear on the blog on the following week after the new podcast’s release, but as we checked the … Continue reading →

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ECW Podcast “Forgotten? The Tullahoma Campaign” Is Now Available

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

It’s the last ECW Podcast of 2018 and a conversation you won’t want to miss! (Don’t worry we’ve got more episodes in the works for 2019!) While everyone remembers Gettysburg and Vicksburg, a lot of people forget Tullahoma, which took … Continue reading →

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Turning Point: Assault on Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

Around a small hamlet in southern Pennsylvania, Robert E. Lee’s vaunted Army of Northern Virginia was stymied and driven back after three days, July 1st through the 3rd, of bloodletting at the Battle of Gettysburg. A turning point in the … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Shelbyville

Posted on June 28, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick One of the most dramatic and decisive cavalry clashes of the American Civil War occurred at Shelbyville on Sunday, June 27, 1863. John A. Wyeth of 4th Alabama … Continue reading →

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Seward’s Folly at 150

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Chris Kolakowski

150 years ago yesterday, the United States concluded the treaty transferring Alaska from Russia to the United States. On April 9 (the second anniversary of Appomattox), the Senate ratified the deal.

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Happy 200th, General Thomas

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Chris Kolakowski

200 years ago this weekend George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. The link below is an appreciation of Thomas I did in 2014. Pap Thomas to the Sledge of Nashville  

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Shenandoah Subordinates: George Crook and the Controversy of Fisher’s Hill

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Daniel Davis

Part three in a series. Jubal Early’s Confederates tramped through the night of September 19. After being routed off the battlefield at Winchester and chased through the town, the Army of the Valley headed south. They did not stop until … Continue reading →

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