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The Death and Memory of Alexander Hays
The following excerpt, related to events 152 years ago today, is adapted from my new book Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness, part of the Emerging Civil War Series. Proceeds from the sale of the book go to support the … Continue reading
The Shared Ground of Chancellorsville and the Wilderness
Yesterday, I wrote of the Civil War Trust’s current focus on a tract of land it’s calling the Chancellorsville-Wilderness Crossroads, which saw troop movements during both battles. Separated by a year, the battles shared much of the same geography even … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Preservation
Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of the Wilderness, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville battlefield, Chancellorsville-Wilderness Crossroads, Civil Wart Trust, CVBT, II Corps, John Haley, Preservation, wilderness
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The Chancellorsville-Wilderness Crossroads
Early May is a busy month for Civil War buffs in my neck of the woods. In 1863, the battle of Chancellorsville roared through the eastern half of the Wilderness; in 1864, the battle of the Wilderness ripped through the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Ben Brockebrough, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville-Wilderness Crossroads, Civil War Trust, CVBT, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FSNMP, Preservation, wilderness
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Coming Soon: Hell Itself
One of the most anticipated volumes in the Emerging Civil War Series is finally on its way. Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness completes a cycle of Savas Beatie books that includes A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of … Continue reading
“Royal” Green Among Wilderness Brown
While I love hiking battlefields as a way to better understand the history that unfolded there, I also love being out in nature. There’s so much cool stuff to see—something my father opened my eyes to as a young boy … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged Gordon Flank Attack, nature, princess pine, wilderness
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Review: The Maps of the Wilderness
The Wilderness Battlefield exhibit shelter sits in the middle of Saunders Field like a tiny oasis as the roar of Route 20 zooms by. The Wilderness is no longer wild these days, with vast gated communities hidden behind the trees. … Continue reading
Wilderness and Beauty
I’ve been in the Wilderness a lot lately, shooting photos for an upcoming book I’m working on for the Emerging Civil War Series. It seems like I’ve been writing about the Wilderness for so long that, almost by rote, I … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Photography
Tagged Emerging Civil War Series, the Wilderness, wilderness
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James H. Wilson and the American Civil War
John Buford, Wesley Merritt, George Bayard, Thomas C. Devin. These are but a few of the names that more often than not come to mind when one thinks of the premier Union cavarymen of the Civil War. Certainly more names could be … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Northern Virignia, Army of the Potomac, August Kautz, Battle of the Wilderness, David M. Gregg, Fort Pulaski, George Bayard, George McClellan, James H. Wilson, John Buford, Meadow Bridge, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Sheridan, Robert E. Lee, Second Cavalry Division, Tennessee Campaign, Third Cavalry Division, Thomas Devin, U.S. Grant, Vicksburg, Wesley Merritt, wilderness, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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Meeting Grant’s Great-Great-Grandson
Last month, while giving a talk for the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield on Grant’s Last Battle, I had the chance to meet one of Ulysses S. Grant’s descendants: great-great grandson John Griffiths. John and his two sisters are the children … Continue reading
