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Category Archives: This Day In The Civil War
Fort Sumter is Fired On – 150th Anniversary
Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter. This event is the first large scale military operation that would officially launch the American Civil War. The firing was precipitated by Abraham Lincoln’s announcement, to South Carolina Governor … Continue reading
Battle of Shiloh -149th Anniversary
Today is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. Fought from April 6-7, 1862 it was the most deadly battle fought by the United States up to that time. CSA General Albert Sidney Johnston’s Army of Mississippi attacked US … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged A S Johnston, Albert Johnston, Albert S Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Shiloh, D C Buell, Don Carlos Buell, Everett Peabody, P.G.T. Beauregard, PGT Beauregard, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant
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Battle of Pea Ridge – 149th Anniversary
Today is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Pea Ridge – also known as Elk Horn Tavern. Today would mark the conclusion of the battle, with CSA Major General Earl Van Dorn’s Army of the West retreating east from … Continue reading
Fort Donelson – 149th Anniversary of its Surrender
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the surrender of Fort Donelson. Situated on the Tennessee River, near Dover, Tennessee, the fort provided the Confederacy with a strong defensive position to protect the river approach to Nashville. Unlike the fall of … Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln is 202 years old
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s 202nd birthday. I am in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with my family and walked by a spot, at Marquette University, where Abraham Lincoln had given a speech. Today, I will reflect on the great things that Lincoln did … Continue reading
US Colonel John C Black (Soldier Profile series)
One of my favorite Federal soldiers, from the Trans-Mississippi Theater, is US Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black of the 37th Illinois Infantry regiment. Black was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions storming a prepared Confederate position at the … Continue reading
Alonzo H. Cushing, US Lieutenant (Soldier Profile Series)
Alonzo H. Cushing, US First Lieutenant Birth Date: January 19, 1841 Birth Place: Delafield, Wisconsin Date of Death: July 3, 1863 Location of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Education: U.S. Military Academy at West Point – Class of 1861 Major Battles: First … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioned Officers, Soldier Profiles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 4th US Artillery, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry, 72d Pennsylvania Infantry, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Alexander S Webb, Alexander Webb, Alonzo Cushing, Alonzo H Cushing, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fair Oaks, Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Savage's Station, Battle of Seven Pines, Cushing's Battery, E Porter Alexander, Edward Porter Alexander, Edwin Sumner, Edwin V Sumner, First Battle of Manassas, Frederick Fuger, George E Pickett, George Pickett, Henry Hunt, Henry J Hunt, Lewis A Armistead, Lewis Armistead, Peninsula Campaign, Philadelphia Brigade, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Seven Days, Siege of Yorktown, Washington Artillery, William B Cushing, Winfield Hancock, Winfield S Hancock, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Second Battle of Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher protected the entrance to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. The river was the only navigable link to Wilmington, North Carolina, which was the Confederacy’s last open port during early 1865. Because of this, it became a … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Adelbert Ames, Alfred Colquitt, Alfred H Terry, Alfred Terry, Battle of Fort Fisher, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin F Butler, Braxton Bragg, Buchanan Battery, Charles Paine, Civil War, David Dixon Porter, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Fort Fisher, First Battle of Manassas, Fort Fisher, Galusha Pennypacker, James Reilly, John M Schofield, John Schofield, Joseph Abbott, Joseph C Abbott, Kidder Breese, Louis Bell, Newton Curtis, Newton M Curtis, Robert F Hoke, Robert Hoke, Second Battle of Fort Fisher, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, W.H.C. Whiting, William H.C. Whiting, William Lamb, William Whiting
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Fredericksburg National Battlefield -a photo essay
This week marks the 148th anniversary of the sanguinary Battle of Fredericksburg. Located approximately halfway between Washington City and Richmond, Fredericksburg would be the focal point of significant action during the American Civil War. In December 1862, US Major General … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Battle of Fredericksburg, Chatham Manor, Chatham Mansion, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, James Longstreet, Marye's Heights, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Battle of Franklin – 146th Anniversary
Today is the 146th anniversary of the Battle of Franklin. After the fall of Atlanta, on September 2, 1864, CSA Lieutenant General John Bell Hood pushed his Army of Tennessee northwest into Alabama. His plans were to push into southern … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Studies, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Affair at Spring Hill, Army of Tennessee, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Spring Hill, Civil War, Franklin Nashville Campaign, George H Thomas, George Thomas, John Bell Hood, John Hood, John M Schofield, John Schofield, Thomas Cartwright, Thomas Y Cartwright
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