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Tag Archives: Appomattox Campaign
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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Montgomery, Alabama -a photo essay
This past July I was in Montgomery, Alabama for work meetings. Besides being the state capital, Montgomery is also the county seat for Montgomery County. Today, the city has a population slightly more than 200,000 -a significant increase from the … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, B D Fry, Birkett D Fry, Birkett Fry, Civil War, First White House of the Confederacy, Jack Thorington, James Clanton, James H Clanton, James H Wilson, James Harrison Wilson, James Holtzclaw, James T Holtzclaw, James Wilson, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson F Davis, John C C Sanders, John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders, John Sanders, Phillip Taunton, R E Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Tennent Lomax, William C Oates, William L Yancey, William Lowndes Yancey, William Oates, William Yancey
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Bennett Place -a photo essay
I visited the historic Bennett Place, in Durham, North Carolina, this past July. Run by the state of North Carolina, it is a historic site that you need to visit if you are in the area. I was fortunate to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Historical Events, Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln assassination, Andrew Johnson, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Battle of Appomattox Station, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Averasborough, Battle of Bentonville, Bennett Place, Civil War, Diane Smith, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson F Davis, Jeremiah Degennaro, John Breckinridge, John C Breckinridge, John Guss, John W Guss, Joseph E Johnston, Joseph Johnston, Kent Hinkson, Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign, R E Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, William Sherman, William T Sherman, William Tecumsah Sherman
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Ulysses S. Grant dies
Today is the 126th anniversary of the death of US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. When most people think of the most popular, well known people of 19th Century United States they immediately think of Abraham Lincoln. While Lincoln was … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 21st Illinois Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Belmont, Battle of Champion Hill, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Chattanooga III, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Fort Sumter, Battle of North Anna, Battle of Petersburg, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Black Friday, Civil War, Fort Donelson, Fort Sumter, General Grant National Memorial, George Washington, Julia Dent Grant, Mark Twain, Overland Campaign, Petersburg Campaign, Richard Yates, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Secession Crisis, Siege of Petersburg, Siege of Vicksburg, Stephen Douglas, The Wilderness, Third Battle of Chattanooga, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, Vicksburg, Whiskey Ring
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Ulysses S. Grant turns 189
Today is the birthday of U.S. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. He was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant’s career is an American success story. Entering the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839, … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged 21st Illinois Infantry, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, battle of vicksburg, Black Friday, Civil War, Credit Mobilier, Fort Donelson, George Washington, John J Pershing, John Pershing, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Let Us Have Peace, Mark Twain, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, President Grant, Richard Yates, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Siege of Vicksburg, U.S. Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, Whiskey Ring
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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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Eri Woodbury, First Lieutenant – 1st Vermont Cavalry
Eri D. Woodbury was born on May 30, 1837, to Henry Woodbury and Hannah Davidson Woodbury, at Francetown, New Hampshire. He would enlist in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, on December 14, 1863, as a private in Company E. Woodbury was a graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry Regiments, Commissioned Officers, Congressional Medal of Honor
Tagged 1st Vermont Cavalry, Appomattox Campaign, Battle of Appomattox Station, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of Opequon, Battle of Third Winchester, Civil War, Congressional Medal of Honor, Eri Woodbury, First Vermont Cavalry, George Custer, Medal of Honor, William Wells, Wilson-Kautz Raid
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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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Robert E. Lee Surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia
144 years ago today, April 9, 1865, CS General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Lee had faced off against Grant, and US Major General George G. Meade, since May … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Appomattox Campaign, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Appomattox Station, Battle of Sailor's Creek, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, George Meade, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant
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