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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Maj.Gen. Ambrose BurnsideFollowing the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and the infamous "Mud March" in late January 1863, Major General Ambrose Burnside was relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac, replaced by the ambitious and brash General Joseph Hooker. But President Lincoln was not quite willing to cut Burnside entirely...
One of the best things about studying Civil War history is reading the words of the men who fought the war themselves. Among those works, Private Sam Watkins memoir, "Company Aytch", is one of the finest written by any participant of the war. Watkins has provided generations of historians and students of the war a first hand account of the fighting in the West.
On June 27, 1864, the fiercest fighting at Kennesaw Mountain was actually just south of the mountain itself, on a hill just...
On June 27, 1864, the fiercest fighting at Kennesaw Mountain was actually just south of the mountain itself, on a hill just...
Well, being the Civil War geek that I am, I finally found time to go see the movie “Lincoln.” I’m a guy who is almost always disappointed that something is not as big, grand, or awesome as my expectations – like, I thought Mount Rushmore was a terrible disappointment as so very small compared to my imagination.
But the Lincoln move did not disappoint. It was every bit as great as I hoped it would be – the portrayal of Lincoln being especially excellent....
July 19 - News arrived today of the battle at Manassas Junction, which lasted four hours & a half in which the Federalists were severely beaten with great loss, while ours was very slight. July 22 - The telegraph this morning announces a great and glorious victory gained yesterday at Bull’s Run after ten hours hard [...]
Like the vast majority of people interested in the American Civil War, my interests and focus are upon the great land battles. Living near Antietam guarantees such, along with the abundance of hundreds of little stories and incidents throughout this Washington County of Western Maryland. Even as I type this, I am able to glance out my window at a historic home that surely housed wounded soldiers from Sharpsburg, and my address in on a road oft traveled by Civil War soldiers watching the C...
151 years ago today, Confederate forces at Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, surrendered to Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. Since one of the top five most popular posts on this blog is my entry from one year ago on the 150th anniversary of Fort Donelson's surrender, I wanted to repost that article today, as well as some pictures from Fort Donelson that I took during my visit there last March. As always, I love visiting the South, and Tennessee is one of my favorite states...
July 17. McClellan seems to have crushed treason in Western Virginia. And McDowell’s column is in advance on Fairfax and Manassas Junction. I fear this move is premature, forced on General Scott by the newspapers. A serious check on this line would be a great disaster. July 19. Dined with Charley Strong and George Allen at [...]
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Hill 876 & Showman Farm (top left) Elk Ridge (lower right)
The signal station image that I discussed in my last post was made famous by Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. The image is titled Signal Tower. Elk Mountain, Overlooking Battlefield of Antietam,Maryland. The problem is that this particular station is NOT on Elk...
Hill 876 & Showman Farm (top left) Elk Ridge (lower right)
The signal station image that I discussed in my last post was made famous by Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. The image is titled Signal Tower. Elk Mountain, Overlooking Battlefield of Antietam,Maryland. The problem is that this particular station is NOT on Elk...
The title of this post is NOT about the Atlanta airport.
My flight yesterday was scheduled for 4:26 pm. We did not leave Atlanta until after 9 pm. Twice, our plane was found mechanically faulty, and another was brought in. Three times our gate was switched. There were severe thunderstorms across the South, making travel a nightmare.
But, after leaving my Aunt and Uncle's house in Kennesaw at 2 pm yesterday, I finally got home in Ohio at right around midnight. A...
My flight yesterday was scheduled for 4:26 pm. We did not leave Atlanta until after 9 pm. Twice, our plane was found mechanically faulty, and another was brought in. Three times our gate was switched. There were severe thunderstorms across the South, making travel a nightmare.
But, after leaving my Aunt and Uncle's house in Kennesaw at 2 pm yesterday, I finally got home in Ohio at right around midnight. A...
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