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The Affable Archie Botts
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Frank Jastrzembski Nestled in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery of Richmond, Virginia, is a discolored marker with a heartfelt epitaph that reads: Sacred to the memory of Lieut. Archibald B. Botts of … Continue reading
Winfield Scott Reconsidered
On this day in 1841, precisely 175 years ago, Major General Winfield Scott became Commanding General of the U.S. Army. He held this post for 20 years and four months, longer than any other Commanding General or U.S. Army Chief … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Mexican War, Personalities, Weapons, Western Theater
Tagged Anaconda Plan, Douglas MacArthur, George McClellan, George Patton, Lincoln, Mexican War, Mexican-American War, Nullification Crisis, South Carolina, Vicksburg Campaign, War of 1812, Wellington, West Point, Winfield Scott
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“Littlepage’s Big Contributions to the Confederacy”
This is another installment of “Tales From the Tombstone.” Littlepage was the middle name of Carter L. Stevenson, a Confederate major general that saw extensive service in the west during the American Civil War. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to a … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Personalities
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Perryville, Bennett Place, Big Black River Bridge, Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Carter Stevenson, Champion's Hill, Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Fredericksburg, Irvin McDowell, Mexican-American War, Mormon War, P.G.T. Beauregard, Seminole War, Siege of Vicksburg, Virginia, Virginia Infantry, West Point, William Hardee, William Sherman
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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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William “Little Billy” Mahone—Part One
Today we welcome back guest author William F. Floyd, Jr. William worked for forty years for the City of Norfolk. In his retirement, he’s now pursuing the study of history at Tidewater Community College. The first in a two-part series. … Continue reading
From the Stone Wall to a Shad Bake
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.” George Edward Pickett was ecstatic on the morning of July 3, 1863. His division, which had missed the fighting at Chancellorsville in May and had been way in the rear … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Five Forks, Gaines Mill, George Pickett, John S. Mosby, LaSalle "Sallie" Corbell, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, West Point, West Point Class of 1846
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“Either a Traitor or the Most Incompetent Officer in the Confederacy”
This is another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series John Clifford Pemberton, to Civil War enthusiasts, conjures up one word: Vicksburg. On July 4, 1863, the Confederate lieutenant general surrendered the “Gibraltar of the West.” With the loss … Continue reading
Eleazer Paine–The Man, The Myth, The Hair
We are happy to welcome back guest author Meg Thompson! Brigadier General Eleazer Paine and I have an interesting relationship. I met him in the dark recesses of the Internet–me, a lonely Civil War widow searching for information about my … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Eleazer Paine, West Point
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