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Category Archives: Soldier Profiles
Hunter H. McGuire – Chief Surgeon 2d Corps Army of Northern Virginia (Soldier Profile Series)
C.S.A. Chief Surgeon Hunter H. McGuire Birth Date: October 11, 1835 Birth Place: Winchester, Virginia Date of Death: September 19, 1900 Location of Death: Richmond, Virginia Education: Winchester Medical College Military Experience: United States Civil War Major Battles: Served as a … Continue reading
Posted in Soldier Profiles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 2d Virginia Infantry, 2nd Virginia Infantry, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Opequon, Battle of Waynesboro, Battle of Winchester, Civil War, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Hunter H McGuire, Hunter Holmes McGuire, Hunter McGuire, Jennifer Goellnitz, Jenny Goellnitz, Jubal A Early, Jubal Early, P.G.T. Beauregard, PGT Beauregard, Phil Sheridan, Philip H Sheridan, Philip Sheridan, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Richard Ewell, Richard S Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Rockbridge Artillery, Sandie Pendleton, Stonewall Jackson, Third Battle of Winchester, Thomas J Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, Winchester Rifles
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U.S. Brigadier General James Shields (Soldier Profile series)
James Shields, Brigadier General U.S. Volunteers Birth Date: May 6, 1806 Birth Place: County of Tyrone, Ireland Date of Death: June 1, 1879 Location of Death: Ottumwa, Iowa Education: Studied Law in Illinois Military Experience: Mexican War, Civil War Major … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, Soldier Profiles
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Battle of Cerro Gordo, Battle of Chapultepec, Battle of Churubusco, Battle of Contreras, Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Port Republic, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Edwin M Stanton, Edwin Stanton, Erastus B Tyler, Erastus Tyler, First Battle of Kernstown, Franz Sigel, Frederick Lander, Frederick W Lander, Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign, Jackson's Valley Campaign, James Shields, John A McClernand, John C Fremont, John Fremont, John Hardin, John J Hardin, John McClernand, Nathaniel Banks, Nathaniel P Banks, Panic of 1837, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas, Seven Days, Stephen A Douglas, Stonewall Jackson, The Seven Days, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Turner Ashby, Winfield Scott
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U.S. Major Sullivan Ballou (Soldier Profile series)
Sullivan Ballou, U.S. Major Birth Date: March 28, 1829 Birth Place: Smithfield, Rhode Island Date of Death: July 29, 1861 Location of Death: Manassas, Virginia Education: Brown University and National Law School Military Experience: Civil War Major Battles: First Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioned Officers, Soldier Profiles
Tagged 2d Rhode Island Infantry, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northeastern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Fort Sumter, Camp Sprague, David Hunter, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Fort Sumter, Irvin McDowell, Nathan Evans, Sullivan Ballou, Sullivan Ballou letter, William Sprague
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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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George E. Pickett, CSA Major General (Soldier Profile Series)
George E. Pickett, CSA Major General Birth Date: January 16, 1825(i) Birth Place: Richmond, Virginia Date of Death: July 30, 1875 Location of Death: Norfolk, Virginia Education: U.S. Military Academy at West Point – Class of 1846 Military Experience: Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, Soldier Profiles
Tagged A.P. Hill, Ambrose Powell Hill, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Fair Oaks, Battle of Five Forks, Battle of Fort Stedman, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gaines Mill, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Petersburg, Battle of Sailor's Creek, Battle of Sayler's Creek, Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Williamsburg, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin F Butler, Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander, George B McClellan, George E Pickett, George Pickett, Isaac R Trimble, Isaac Trimble, J Johnston Pettigrew, James Kemper, James Longstreet, Jesse L Reno, Jesse Reno, Joe Hooker, John Bell Hood, John Buford, John Gibbon, Joseph Hooker, Lafayette McLaws, Lewis Armistead, Overland Campaign, P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg, PGT Beauregard, Phil Sheridan, Philip Sheridan, Pickett's Charge, Richard Garnett, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Siege of Suffolk, Theophilus Holmes, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant
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Spring Cleaning at This Mighty Scourge
Yes, I do know it’s not spring. It’s close enough though. To celebrate the New Year I have decided to do some early spring cleaning. I have been cataloging thousands of photographs to launch a new feature on This Mighty … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Soldier Profiles
Tagged This Mighty Scourge, ThisMightyScourge.com
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Ulysses S. Grant – U.S. Lieutenant General
Today, April 27, 2009, marks the 187th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant. His parents would move the family to Georgetown, … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, Soldier Profiles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Civil War, Ulysses Grant
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