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Tag Archives: William Mahone
ECW Podcast “A Conversation with Charlie Knight” Is Now Available
And it’s podcast release day… In our newest episode of the Emerging Civil War podcast, Dan Welch talks with Charlie Knight about New Market, Little Billy Mahone, the Crater, and more. This recording was produced live from the Douglas MacArthur … Continue reading
Emerging Scholar Heath Anderson
As part of our partnership with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and Civil War Monitor, we’re pleased to introduce the next of our “Emerging Scholars,” Heath Anderson. Heath will be presenting his work at the museum’s Grand Opening May 4. Selectively Remembered: … Continue reading
Dr. Henry A. Minor’s Account of Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox
We are pleased to share an account passed along to us by Mary Zelinka, who reaches out to us all the way from Albany, Oregon. Mary shares with us an account from her ancestor, Dr. Henry A. Minor, of Lee’s surrender … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Newspapers
Tagged 9th Alabama, Appomattox, Dr. Henry A. Minor, Henry A. Minor, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Ulysses S. Grant, William Mahone
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“Little Billy’s” Big Mausoleum
Another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series. Although never a physically imposing man, William Mahone, left a lasting impact on 19th century Virginia, as a civilian, military officer, and politician. In one way or another, all these pursuits … Continue reading
William “Little Billy” Mahone—Part Two
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 second in a two-part series. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 12th Virginia, Appomattox Court House, Battle of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Little Billy, Little Billy Mahone, Petersburg, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Salem Church, William Mahone, Wounding of James Long Street
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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
“If You Realized What Is Going To Happen in the Morning…”
As June 1, 1864 turned into the history books, both sides reevaluated the current dispositions of their respective forces; and both leaders, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, sidled troops to this now very critical Virginia crossroads of Cold … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Battle of Cold Harbor, 150th Overland Campaign, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Cold Harbor, Cadmus Wilcox, Cold Harbor, George Meade, John C. Breckinridge, Jubal Early, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, William Mahone
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The Wounding of James Longstreet: Part One
Part one in a series. -Authored by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White- The Confederate flank attack through the Spotsylvania Wilderness had been an overwhelming success, surprising the Federal army and sending them into chaotic retreat. Now, the general wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 12th Virginia, 41st Virginia, A.P. Hill, Battle of the Wilderness, Charles Field, Chris Mackowski, E. Porter Alexander, George Anderson, Gordonsville, James Longstreet, John Haskell, Joseph Kershaw, Micha Jenkins, Moxley Sorrel, Orange Plank Road, Overland Campaign, Robert E. Lee, Texas Brigade, Ulysses S. Grant, Widow Tapp Field, wilderness, William Mahone, Wounding of James Longstreet
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