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Tag Archives: Second Manassas
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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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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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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Second Manassas – Again the Fields Turned Red
Today marks the 147th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Second Manassas. For three days in August 1862, death revisited the fields north of Manassas Junction, Virginia. Barely a year after US Brigadier General Irvin McDowell was turned away, by … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Station, Civil War, Civil War Battlefield Preservation, Civil War Preservation Trust, John Gibbon, Robert E. Lee, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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