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Tag Archives: William S. Rosecrans
Tactical Innovation in the Civil War?
The mere typing of this blog post title fills me with dread and nervous anticipation. As an historian who does biography, I focus on the life story of my central character— how she developed her social and political beliefs, changed … Continue reading
Not Written in Letters of Blood: Tullahoma
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
Rosecrans, Fremont HQ For Sale…
My trip into the office usually takes about seven minutes door to door if I hit the lights just right. With recent construction shutting down the interstate between the two points I’m forced to take a slightly longer detour into … Continue reading
Chattanooga: More Than Just Another Victory for Grant
In the late summer and early days of fall of 1863, it seemed that all eyes were on the small railroad town of Chattanooga, TN. The disastrous defeat at Chickamauga and the huge casualties it reaped turned what had nearly … Continue reading
The Measure of Leaders
Leaders are measured and tested every day—against metrics, accomplishments, standards, and values. To assume the mantle of command and its responsibilities at any level is important, and something that should not be taken lightly. Yet some leaders have in their hands the … Continue reading
Class of 1842
When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George B. McClellan, George H. Gordon, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans
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A Sharp Fight: The Battle of Farmington
On the morning of October 7, 1863, the Confederates of Henry B. Davidson’s cavalry division awoke to the urgent sounds of rifle and carbine fire. Davidson’s men were camped along the south bank of the Duck River, just a few … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Abram Miller, Anderson's Crossroads, Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Farmington, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Cumberland Plateau, Edward McCook, George Crook, John T. Wilder, Joseph Wheeler, McMinnville, Murfreesboro, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Philip Roddy, Robert H.G. Minty, Stephen D. Lee, Walden's Ridge, Wilder's Lighting Brigade, William S. Rosecrans
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Stones in the Road: To the Fall of ’63
Part Two in a Series On the morning of June 24, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland set out from their winter encampments. Their target was Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee. For Phil Sheridan, it had been over three … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Stones River, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Earl Van Dorn, Philip Sheridan, Tullahoma, William S. Rosecrans
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The Other Fort Rosecrans
For most Civil War aficionados, Fort Rosecrans shows up on their radar screen just outside Murfreesboro, Tennessee. There, in the months after its bruising victory over the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Stones River, the Union Army … Continue reading
