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Tag Archives: Irvin McDowell
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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Arlington National Cemetery – a photo essay
Arlington National Cemetery is one of the most hallowed pieces of ground in the United States. Today over 270,000 patriots are buried on the gently rolling hills overlooking the Potomac River. Many of America’s most decorated soldiers and sailors are … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged American Revolutionary War, Arlington National Cemetery, Audie Murphy, Boxer Rebellion, Civil War, George C Marshall, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, Haitian Campaign, Horatio G Wright, Horatio Wright, Iraq War, Irvin McDowell, John F Kennedy, John Fitzgeral Kennedy, John Gibbon, Mary Custis Lee, Mexican War, Montgomery C Meigs, Montgomery Meigs, Nelson A Miles, Nelson Miles, Omar N Bradley, Orlando B Willcox, Orlando Willcox, Philip Kearny, Philippine Insurrection, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Vietnam War, William F Halsey, William Howard Taft, William Rosecrans, William S Rosecrans, World War I, World War II
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Battle of First Bull Run (Manassas) – A Photo Essay
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run. With two months having past since the Confederate firing on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln had become impatient for action. Having appointed US Brigadier General Irvin McDowell to command … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of First Manassas, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Irvin McDowell, Joe Johnston, Joseph E Johnston, Joseph Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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The Sound of Guns at Bull Run – The Battle of First Manassas
July 21, 2009 marks the 148th anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas. Called Bull Run, in the North, for a creek that meanders through the rolling hills of Fairfax County, Virginia, the Battle of First Manassas ignited the American Civil War. … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Battle of First Bull Run, Battle of First Manassas, Bull Run, Civil War, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Irvin McDowell, Joseph E Johnston, Manassas, PGT Beauregard, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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