Another of the old battle-marked oak trees that stood along Mansfield avenue was cut down by the battlefield workers. This tree stood alone along Mansfield avenue and undoubtedly sheltered more than one soldier during the battle.
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{We are permitted to copy the following private letter from Harry Lazarus, well-known as a prize-fighter and champion of the light-weight of America, who, as a member of Company G Fire Zouaves, bore himself gallantly in the contest at Bull’s Run:} Fort Runyon, Virginia July 22, 1861. As you will see by the heading of [...]
Patrick Schroeder is the editor of the posthumously published Vortex of Hell: History of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, by Brian C. Pohanka. Patrick, who recently completed an interview for Bull Runnings on his publishing company Schroeder Publications, also took time to answer a few questions about the Vortex project. [To order any of the Schroeder [...]
Washington Navy Yard, July 23, 1861. To the Editors of the Sunday Mercury: Since my last from here, we have had a terrific battle, which, you will learn by the telegraphic accounts, resulted in our being repulsed, although the loss on our side is small in comparison with that of the enemy. The battle commenced [...]
There are two items of interest relative to slavery that occurred 150 years ago today on this date of March 26, 1863.
Gradual Emancipation of Slaves in West Virginia
The citizens of western Virginia voted in favor of a revised constitution that would adopt the gradual emancipation of slaves. This portion of Virginia was more pro-Union than the rest of the state from the very outset of...
After a six weeks' stay at Newport News, Virginia, the soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of March 25, 1863, received orders "to pack up and leave at once." Although they did not yet know it, these veteran soldiers from many a campaign in North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia, were now heading to the war's Western Theater and for the next year, would campaign in Kentucky and Tennessee alongside their 9th Corps comrades and under Burnside.
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As the Sunken Road fighting reached its crescendo in the noon hour, the Confederate position looked bleak. Israel Richardson’s division had at long last ripped the center of the Confederate line in the Sunken Road. A Longstreet-inspired counterattack by elements of Colonel Van H. Manning’s brigade against the Union right flank of the Sunken Road had been brushed back by Nathan Kimball’s veteran troops. George Greene’s division continued to hold a bridgehead...
As the Sunken Road fighting reached its crescendo in the noon hour, the Confederate position looked bleak. Israel Richardson’s division had at long last ripped the center of the Confederate line in the Sunken Road. A Longstreet-inspired counterattack by elements of Colonel Van H. Manning’s brigade against the Union right flank of the Sunken Road had been brushed back by Nathan Kimball’s veteran troops. George Greene’s division continued to hold a bridgehead...
Earlier this month, we looked at the terrain of the Mumma farm from a panorama view. Today, we will look at the Roulette farm; primarily, we will be focusing on the approach of French and Richardon's divisions in their assault on the Sunken Road. For those who didn't read the previous post, please check it out at the link above. It goes hand in hand with today's post.
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Now that I'm back in Ohio from my trip to Maryland and Pennsylvania, I wanted to do a post about the Future of Civil War History Conference which I attended at Gettysburg College last weekend. It was a great conference with lots of interesting panels. I found a number of them very interesting, especially those on discussing emancipation with visitors, the presentation on how to incorporate sights and smells of the battlefield into interpretation, and a discussion on uses of new media in Civil...
For those in the Painesville, Ohio, area tomorrow, and who are willing to brave the several inches of lake effect snow that the forecasts are calling for, I will be speaking to the Lake County Bar Association's Literary Committee at the Lake County Court House in downtown Painseville at 4:45 pm. The topic of the program will be Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The program is open to the public, and we will be meeting in Judge Culotta's courtroom on the first floor of the building.
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Ft Kent Maine, D.H. Hill's first duty assignment In the late 1830s a series of confrontations between disaffected lumbermen in Maine and New Brunswick over the disputed international border in that area caused the War Department to deploy additional military forces to the northern frontier. Their mission was a show of force, but the regulars were also compelled to...
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