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Tag Archives: Winter Encampment
Question of the Week: 12/19-12/25/16
If you could spend the holidays at a Civil War headquarters or encampment, whose would you choose? Why?
Question of the Week: 11/28-12/4/16
What’s your favorite historical account/story from a winter encampment?
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Question of the Week
Tagged Winter Camps, Winter Encampment
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The Sutler, the Mainers, and the Pickpockets of the 13th Mass.
On November 23, 1863—the day before Thanksgiving—the members of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, encamped near Brandy Station, Virginia, received a much-welcome pre-holiday visitor. “This was a great day,” wrote regimental historian Charles E. Davis, Jr.:
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 13th Massachusetts, 16th Maine, camp life, sutlers, Winter Encampment
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ECW Weekender: The White Oak Civil War Museum and Stafford Research Center
Countless museums dot the Virginia countryside. Their sizes vary from the impressive National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle to the quaint Weems-Botts Museum in Dumfires. One museum, thoug,h has always stood out to me as being the perfect mix … Continue reading
The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part three)
Part three of a series. Camp Health and Winter Huts Camp health and cleanliness was also a major concern. Most of the enlisted men spent their winters in small huts, reminiscent of those used by Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 127th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania, 2nd Michigan Infantry, 8th Ohio, Alonzo Snow, Ambrose Burnside, Chatham, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, George McClellan, Iron Brigade, Joseph Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Stafford County, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac, Winter Encampment
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The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part two)
Part two of a series. A New Chief of Staff and Improved Supply System Ambrose E. Burnside left the Army of the Potomac with a litany of major problems; many of which were brought on by poor staff work. To … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 110th Pennsylvania, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, 19th Massachusetts, 5th New Hampshire, 6th Wisconsin, Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, Aquia Landing, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel McCallum, Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Fair Oaks, Herman Haupt, Joseph Hooker, Knap's Battery, Malvern Hill, Marsena Patrick, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, Rufus Dawes, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac, Winter Encampment
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In Memory of Al Conner, Jr.
The shady glen look like something out of Middle-Earth: ferns cluster in small patches on the sun-dappled forest floor and piles of lichen-covered rocks sit half-submerged in the ground. A lightly mulched path winds among the trees and among the … Continue reading
