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Tag Archives: Robert E. Lee
Fort Fisher State Historic Site – a photo essay
Early in the Civil War, Wilmington, North Carolina was recognized as an important port by the Confederate government. To protect the port, CSA Major Charles P. Bolles began construction of Fort Fisher in the spring of 1861. The original plans … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Photo Essays, Significant Battles
Tagged 1st North Carolina Infantry, Adelbert Ames, Alfred Colquitt, Alfred H Colquitt, Alfred H Terry, Alfred Terry, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Battery Bolles, Battle of Fort Fisher, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin F Butler, Braxton Bragg, Charles Bolles, Charles P Bolles, Civil War, David D Porter, David Dixon Porter, Federal Point, First Battle of Fort Fisher, Fort Fisher, Fort Fisher State Historic Site, James Reilly, Kidder Breese, Kidder R Breese, Robert E. Lee, Robert F Hoke, Robert Hoke, Robert Lee, Seawell Fremont, Seawell L Fremont, Second Battle of Fort Fisher, Sheperds Battery, Sheppards Battery, Theophilus H Holmes, Theophilus Holmes, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant, USS Louisiana, W.H.C. Whiting, William De Rosset, William DeRosset, William H.C. Whiting, William L De Rosset, William L DeRosset, William Lamb, Wilmington Light Infantry
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Arlington National Cemetery Redux -a photo essay
Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for many of our nation’s most cherished HEROES. Its history dates back to the Civil War when the U.S. Government foreclosed on the estate of CSA General Robert E. Lee. Overlooking Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged Arlington National Cemetery, Baldy Smith, Civil War, Frank Wheaton, G.W.C. Lee, George Crook, George Washington, George Washington Custis Lee, George Washington Parke Custis, Green C Smith, Green Clay Smith, Green Smith, John Hatch, John Meigs, John P Hatch, John R Meigs, Joseph A Mower, Mary Lee, Montgomery C Meigs, Montgomery Meigs, Phil Sheridan, Philip H Sheridan, Philip Sheridan, R E Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Samuel D Sturgis, Samuel Sturgis, Stephen Burbridge, Stephen G Burbridge, Swift Run Gap, Thomas Crittenden, Thomas T Crittenden, United States vs Lee, W F Smith, William F Smith
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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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Battle of Antietam -149th anniversary
Today is the 149th anniversary of the single bloodiest day in American history -September 17, 1862. On this day two armies met near the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. One was intent on protecting his escape route over the Potomac … Continue reading
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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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 Chantilly -149th Anniversary
Today is the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Chantilly. It was the final engagement of the Second Bull Run Campaign – and a very costly battle for the Federal forces. While not considered a Union defeat, it is considered … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles
Tagged A.P. Hill, Alexander Lawton, Alexander Powell Hill, Alexander R Lawton, Battle of Chantilly, Civil War, David B Birney, David Bell Birney, David Birney, George B McClellan, George Brinton McClellan, George McClellan, Henry Halleck, Henry W Halleck, Henry Wager Halleck, Isaac I Stevens, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Isaac Stevens, J.E.B. Stuart, James Ewell Brown Stuart, JEB Stuart, John Pope, Philip Kearny, Philip Kearny Jr, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Thomas J Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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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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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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