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Tag Archives: Ambrose E Burnside
Battle of South Mountain -149th Anniversary
Today, September 14, is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain. Part of the 1862 Maryland Campaign, it is more often than not overshadowed by the Battle of Antietam which followed three days later. With nearly 5,000 combined … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 27th Indiana Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Crampton's Gap, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Sharpsburg, Battle of South Mountain, Bill Franklin, D H Hill, Daniel Harvey Hill, Dixon Miles, Dixon S Miles, Fox's Gap, George B McClellan, George Brinton McClellan, George McClellan, Harvey Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, James Ewell Brown Stuart, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Maryland Campaign, R E Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Seven Days, Special Order 191, Stonewall Jackson, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, The Seven Days, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Turner's Gap, William B Franklin, William Franklin
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Battle of the Crater -147th Anniversary
Today, friends, is the 147th anniversary of the Battle of the Crater. Fought in the trenches of Petersburg, it is inevitably one of the greatest Federal blunders of the Civil War. While well conceived, the battle was lost due to … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, battle of the crater, Civil War, George G Meade, George Gordon Meade, George Meade, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, William Mahone
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Rhode Island Civil War Era Graves -a photo essay
In December 2010, I had a business trip to New England. I was fortunate enough to have time to pay my respects to many Civil War veterans while in Rhode Island. During the Civil War, this small state would send … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Civil War, Elisha H Rhodes, Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Elisha Rhodes, Gouverneur K Warren, Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Gouverneur Warren, Hazard Stevens, Isaac I Stevens, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Isaac P Rodman, Isaac Peace Rodman, Isaac Rodman, Isaac Stevens, Sullivan Ballou, Sullivan Ballou letter, Swan Point Cemetery
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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House winds down
One hundred forty-seven years ago the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House was winding down. Part of US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign, it was a horrific series of battles. After fighting CSA General Robert E. Lee’s Army of … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Abner M Perrin, Abner Perrin, Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of the Wilderness, Civil War, Congressional Medal of Honor, Emory Upton, Gouverneur K Warren, Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Gouverneur Warren, Harris Farm, Horatio G Wright, Horatio Wright, James C Rice, James Longstreet, James Rice, John Sedgwick, Junius Daniel, Medal of Honor, Mule Shoe, Mule Shoe Salient, Overland Campaign, Richard Anderson, Richard Ewell, Richard H Anderson, Richard S Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Robert O Tyler, Robert Ogden Tyler, Robert Tyler, Stephen D Ramseur, Stephen Ramseur, The Wilderness, Thomas Stevenson, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, Wilderness, Winfield Hancock, Winfield S Hancock, Winfield Scott Hancock
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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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The Angel of Marye’s Heights DVD -Review
Noted author and historian, Michael Aubrecht, contacted me recently to let me know about a DVD that he and Clint Ross co-produced. “The Angel of Marye’s Heights” is a wonderful 30 minute documentary about Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland of the … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries
Tagged 2d South Carolina Infantry, 2nd South Carolina Infantry, Ambrose E Burnside, Battle of Fredericksburg, Civil War, Clint Ross, Donald Pfanz, James Longstreet, John Cummings, Joseph A Mateson, Joseph Kershaw, Marye's Heights, Michael Aubrecht, Richard R Kirkland, Richard Rowland Kirkland, Robert E. Lee, The Angel Movie, The Angel of Marye's Heights
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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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November 5 – This Day in the Civil War
1861 (Tuesday) Robert E. Lee would be brought to Richmond, Virginia after supervising construction of South Carolina forts, including Fort Pulaski. US Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant orders the 11th Illinois, commanded by Colonel William H.L. Wallace, to depart the … Continue reading
Posted in This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Battle of Belmont, Bud Hannings, Charles F Smith, Charles Smith, Fort Pulaski, Fort Sedgwick, George B McClellan, George McClellan, Leonidas Polk, Richard J Oglesby, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, WHL Wallace, William H L Wallace, William Wallace
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The Battle of South Mountain – September 14, 1862
Today is the 148th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain. After winning a decisive victory against US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia, at the Second Battle of Manassas, CSA General Robert E. Lee set his sights north … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Crampton's Gap, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Turner's Gap, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Crampton's Gap, Daniel Harvey Hill, DH Hill, Dixon Miles, Dixson S Miles, Fox's Gap, George B McClellan, George McClellan, Harpers Ferry, James Longstreet, Jesse Reno, Joe Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Tom Clemens, Turner's Gap, William B Franklin, William Franklin
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