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Tag Archives: Williams C. Wickham
A Night of Protesting on the Streets of Richmond
On Saturday evening, June 6th, I accompanied the “Shut It Down” march through Richmond as part of the larger Black Lives Matter rallies in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Across the country we are having discussions … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Black Lives Matter, monument avenue, protest, Richmond, Williams C. Wickham
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“I Intend to Make the Yankees Pay”: The Raid at Catlett’s Station
Part three in a series. You may read part one here and part two here. Two days after the embarrassment at Verdiersville, Stuart pushed his cavalry across the Rapidan. He accompanied the newly arrived brigade of Brig. Gen. Beverly Robertson through Stevensburg. The … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 1st Virginia Cavalry, 4th Virginia Cavalry, 5th Virginia Cavalry, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beverly Robertson, First Battle of Brandy Station, Fitzhugh Lee, JEB Stuart, John Pope, Stuart's Raid at Catlett Station, Thomas Rosser, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Williams C. Wickham
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Unwritten History: Who Shot J.E.B. Stuart?
Yellow Tavern is an engagement that continues to interest me. Although much of the battlefield has been obliterated by modern development, traces of it still remain and like many other battles, so do unanswered questions. The regimental alignment of Brig. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged 1st Michigan Cavalry, 1st Vermont Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 7th Michigan Cavalry, Alfred Gibbs, Baltimore Light Artillery, Battle of Yellow Tavern, Captain William Griffin, George A. Custer, J.E.B. Stuart, John Huff, Lunsford Lomax, Philip Sheridan, Russel Alger, Thomas Devin, Williams C. Wickham
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A Bump in the Road to Spotsylvania: The Battle of Todd’s Tavern
On May 5-6, 1864, in the Battle of the Wilderness, Robert E. Lee brought the spring offensive launched by George Meade’s Army of the Potomac to a grinding halt. Rather than retreat, General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, who was traveling with … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 1st Maine Cavalry, 1st Michigan Cavalry, 1st New York Dragoons, 1st U.S. Cavalry, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 6th New York Cavalry, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 9th New York Cavalry, Alfred Gibbs, Battle of Todd's Tavern, David M. Gregg, Fitzhugh Lee, George A. Custer, Henry Davies, JEB Stuart, John I. Gregg, Lunsford Lomax, Philip Sheridan, Pierce M.B. Young, Thomas Devin, W.H.F "Rooney" Lee, Wade Hampton, Wesley Merritt, Williams C. Wickham
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