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Tag Archives: Albert Sidney Johnston
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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Texas Civil War Era Graves -a photo essay
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to visit Austin, Waco and the Dallas-Fort Worth areas of Texas. The area boasts a significant amount of Civil War graves including general officers and Medal of Honor recipients. Austin’s historic Texas State … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged A S Johnston, A Sidney Johnston, Albert S Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Ben McCulloch, Benjamin McCulloch, Civil War, Congressional Medal of Honor, H B Granbury, Hiram B Granbury, Hiram Bronson Granbury, Hiram Granbury, J A Wharton, John A Wharton, John Austin Wharton, John Wharton, Medal of Honor, Sidney Johnston, Texas State Cemetery
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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
The 2d Iowa Infantry and the Battle of Fort Donelson
After sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year, I finally have found time to read Steven E. Woodworth’s exceptional book on the Army of the Tennessee, “Nothing But Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1865.” This book is … Continue reading
Posted in Infantry Regiments
Tagged 2d Iowa Infantry, 2nd Iowa Infantry, A S Johnston, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Southwest, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Atlanta, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Dallas, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of Marietta, Battle of New Hope Church, Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Shiloh, Carolinas Campaign, Charles F Smith, Charles Ferguson Smith, Charles Smith, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, D C Buell, Don Carlos Buell, Elliott Rice, Fort Donelson, Fort Sumter, Grenville Dodge, Harry Doolittle, Hornet's Nest, James Baker, James Churcher, James M Tuttle, James Tuttle, Joe Johnston, John A McClernand, John B Hood, John Bell Hood, John Hood, John McClernand, Joseph E Johnston, Joseph Johnston, Marcellus Crocker, March to the Sea, Nothing But Victory, Samuel Curtis, Samuel R Curtis, Scehencius G Page, Scehencius Page, Second Battle of Corinth, Siege of Corinth, Simon B Buckner, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Simon Buckner, Solomon Page, Steven E Woodruff, Steven Woodworth, Thomas Sweeny, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, Voltaire Twombley, WHL Wallace, William H L Wallace, William T Sherman, William Tecumsah Sherman, XVI Corps
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Robert E. Lee Resigns From the U.S. Army
Colonel Robert E. Lee had served in the U.S. Army his entire adult life. Graduating from West Point in 1829, Lee would serve in the Army Engineer Corps. He would be in charge of many coastal projects and an ambitious … Continue reading
Shiloh National Military Park – a photo essay
Today marks the 148th anniversary of the second day of fighting at the Battle of Shiloh. On April 6, 1862, CSA General Albert Sidney Johnston’s Army of Mississippi launched a surprise dawn attack on US Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of Mississippi, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Shiloh, Benjamin Prentiss, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, W.H.L. Wallace, William T Sherman, William Tecumsah Sherman, William Wallace
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2009 In Review – The Top 10 Articles on This Mighty Scourge
Happy 2010! We have much to look forward to in the coming year. But let us take a quick look at what happened in 2009. According to Time magazine, the Top 10 ten news stories of 2009 were: 10. The … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, General Musings
Tagged 69th New York Infantry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andersonville Prison, Appomattox Campaign, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, battle of the crater, Battle of the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Civil War Preservation Trust, CWPT, Earl Hess, Fighting 69th, Gettysburg, Irish Brigade, J David Petruzzi, James Hessler, James Lighthizer, Jim Lighthizer, John Stauffer, Robert E. Lee, Sally Jenkins, Scott Mingus, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas, This Mighty Scourge, ThisMightyScourge.com, Wilderness, William Tecumsah Sherman, Wilson's Creek
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Shiloh: The First Great Battle of the Civil War
On April 6, 1862, the largest battle, to that point, of the Civil War was raged at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee – the Battle of Shiloh.(i) Today, the battlefield is one of the most pristine battlefields in North America. Due to … Continue reading
Albert Sidney Johnston – CSA General
On February 2, 1803 Albert Sidney Johnston¹ was born, in Washington, Kentucky. Young Albert was the youngest son of Dr. John and Abigail Harris Johnston. Johnston would receive his education at Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky. While attending Transylvania University, … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War
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