Tag Archives: X Corps

The Best Missed Opportunity at Richmond

Posted on January 11, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

We are pleased to welcome back guest author Doug Crenshaw, who continues to look at communications mishaps during the campaigns for Richmond. Today, he turns to 1864. As they peered over the walls of Fort Harrison, Confederate soldiers witnessed an … Continue reading →

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From the ECW Archives: The Union Assault at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Daniel Davis

All through the night of May 31 and into June 1, 1864, Horatio Wright’s VI Corps trudged along the dusty and choked Virginia byroads. They had been pulled from the Union right flank and ordered to march to reinforce and relieve … Continue reading →

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To Divide the Attention of the Enemy’s Troops: Establishing the Deep Bottom Bridgehead

Posted on May 11, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Jimmy Price Part two in a series. In my previous post I outlined the important series of actions fought north of the James River during the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign from July – … Continue reading →

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