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Tag Archives: Wilson-Kautz Raid
Reams Station Trail Map
Tomorrow marks the 154th anniversary of the Battle of Reams Station. The Union Fifth Corps cut the Petersburg & Weldon Railroad on August 18, 1864, and Confederate counteroffensives failed to drive them off the position. While Gouverneur Warren’s men built … Continue reading
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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James Wilson and the Battle of Nashville, Part I
The weather was gradually changing, perhaps for the better. For several days, the Union troopers had been pelted with snow and sleet. It had been so harsh that only the woodcutters had been out in the precipitation. With a thaw … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Franklin, Edgefield, Edward Hatch, George Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, John Bell Hood, John Croxton, John Schofield, Judson Kilpatrick, March to the Sea, Spring Hill, Tennessee, the Wilderness, Third Winchester, Vicksburg Campaign, William T. Sherman, Wilson-Kautz Raid, Yellow Tavern
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