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Tag Archives: Army of the Potomac
Battle of Antietam – 148th Anniversary
Today, friends, is the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. Fought along the Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg, Maryland, it would produce the largest single day casualty list of any battle in American history. It was the culminating battle of … Continue reading
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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A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton
Book reviews and author interviews are a regular feature of This Mighty Scourge. I approach reviews differently than most reviewers – I read books in their entirety before I review them. Additionally, I take notes throughout the entire read so … Continue reading
Interview With Tom Clemens, Editor of The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. 1: South Mountain
I recently finished reading “The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. 1: South Mountain.” This is the first of a two part series edited by Tom Clemens. Clemens is a professor of history at Hagerstown Community College and received a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Interviews
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Author Interviews, Battle of South Mountain, Civil War, Maryland Campaign, Savas Beatie, Savas Beatie LLC, Savas Beatie Publishing, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Thomas Clemens, Thomas G Clemens, Tom Clemens
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Appomattox Court House – The Surrender That Saved the Country
On April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, CSA General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 145 years ago today, after nearly four years of pitched fighting, the CSA Army … Continue reading
5th New York Infantry – Duryée Zouaves
The 5th New York Infantry regiment, also known as Duryée’s Zouaves was organized in New York City after President Abraham Lincoln’s call for the states to send 75,000 state militiamen “in order to suppress said combinations, and to cause the laws to … Continue reading
Posted in Infantry Regiments
Tagged 5th New York Infantry, Abram Duryee, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Battle of Gaines Mill, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Cleveland Winslow, Duryee Zouaves, Fitz John Porter, Gouverneur Warren, James Longstreet, John Bell Hood, John Hennessy, John Pope, Nathaniel McLean, Texas Brigade
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Battle of Fredericksburg – Ambrose Burnside’s First Foray
147 years ago this week, US Major General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac fought Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in one of the most bloody, one sided engagements, of the entire American Civil War. This was Burnside’s … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Fredericksburg, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, George McClellan, George Meade, Irish Brigade, John Gibbon, Marye's Heights, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Interview with Sal Cilella, author of “Upton’s Regulars”
As most of you are aware, I am very interested in the smaller units of the Civil War. The volunteer infantry regiments comprised the backbone of the opposing armies of the American Civil War. Most regiments were comprised of ten … Continue reading
Seymour H. Hall – Captain Co. F 121st New York Infantry
Seymour “Hiram” Hall was born in Barkersville, New York on September 26, 1835. Little is known of Hiram’s early life. With the outbreak of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 state militia volunteers on April 15, 1861, … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioned Officers, Congressional Medal of Honor
Tagged 121st New York Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, battle of the crater, Battle of the Wilderness, Captain Hiram Hall, Captain Seymour H. Hall, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Emory Upton, George Meade, Hiram Hall, Medal of Honor, Overland Campaign, Petersburg, Salvatore Cilella, Seymour H. Hall, Ulysses Grant, Upton's Regulars
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