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Tag Archives: Army of the Potomac
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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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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148th Anniversary of the conclusion of fighting at Gettysburg
Today is the 148th anniversary of the third day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. This battle was destined to become the epic battle in a war of epic battles: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Stones River, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Battlefield Wanderings, General Musings, Significant Battles
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, battle of stones river, Battle of the Wilderness, Civil War, Franklin Nashville Campaign, George G Meade, George Gordon Meade, George Meade, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service, R E Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee
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Antietam National Military Park -a photo essay
In late May 2011, I had the opportunity to swing by the Antietam National Battlefield Park while on a business trip. By the time I reached the park, the sun was already beginning to set, as it was nearing 7:30 … Continue reading
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. 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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