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Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part four)

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

(part four in a series) I’ve been tracking Alfred Waud across the Spotsylvania battlefield, trying to figure out why one of his sketches, “Advance on Spotsylvania,” bears the date “May 9” although it depicts events from May 10. The first … Continue reading →

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Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part three)

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

(part three in a series) I’ve come to believe Alfred Waud’s sketch “Advance on Spotsylvania,” dated May 9, is actually mis-dated. In the first two posts of this series, I’ve tried to lay out some of the breadcrumbs that led … Continue reading →

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Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part two)

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

(part two of a series) When Alfred Waud finally arrived on the Spotsylvania battlefield’s eastern front, he produced a sketch showing the Federal IX Corps on the outskirts of the village. Spotsylvania-based historian John Cummings has convincingly placed the location … Continue reading →

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Alfred Waud’s Sketchy Spotsylvania (part one)

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

(part one in a series) In my capacity as historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield, I recently did some work to pin down the approximate location where IX Corps division commander Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson … Continue reading →

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