Fredericksburg

Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville (Civil

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James Longstreet 's position on Marye's Heights, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses. In late November 1863, Meade attempted to steal a march through the Wilderness and strike the right flank of the Confederate army south of the Rapidan River. A year earlier, Jackson had used Strasburg as the place where captured railroad equipment was placed on the rails of the Manassas Gap Railroad and sent south. Total 67. 37th New York Regiment Infantry -- "Irish Rifles" - Organized at New York City and mustered in June 7, 1861.
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My Life In The Irish Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs Of

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Jones wrote the letter on behalf of officers in Keyes� command and the letter contains their signatures. Trudeau The March to the Sea - William R. The citizens group is seeking funds to restore an original 8 foot colored soldier recruiting poster, and renovation of the museum. I think, also, that the kindly way my mother had treated him had made him act as promptly as he did. Shows fortifications, settlements, roads, railroads, canals, streams, swamps, and distances.
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War So Terrible: A Popular History of the Battle of

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Collection of Confederate tombstone inscriptions compiled by Julia D. On this occasion, she withstood the attack of four Union ships mounting more than sixty guns total. During the spring of 1863 the unit moved north and took an active part in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor. The letters describe camp life, garrison duties, and action seen during the Peninsular Campaign, in particular at Yorktown, Gaine's Mill, and Harrison's Landing. This poor fellow was escorted to his grave by a few citizens and a squad of soldiers that fired a salute and then retired.
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The Search for Emma's Story: A Model for Humanities

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Take on the essential elements of decision-making for this crucial battle - Take Command or be overcome by it. His body was, it seems, buried in the yard of the Mary Washington House on Charles Street. Through your support we raised approximately $13,000. Pickett; however, his report, as printed, is 15 February 1864. Lee (1807-1870) to North Carolina Governor Zebulon Vance (1830-1894), praising the contributions of North Carolina soldiers during the battle.
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Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys United States

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Jackson soon moved back up the Valley to avoid being caught in a trap by two separate Union commands converging on him from the east and west. The Civil War also inspired a century's worth of interesting art. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1886] NOTES Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. The Eighth New York Heavy Artillery lost its colonel, Peter Porter, and 138 other killed or mortally wounded. In his spare time, he helped track horse thieves, rescue captives and guide army patrols.
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The Triangle Histories of the Civil War: Battles - Battle of

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Even though he was the Confederate commander in New Mexico, General Henry Hopkins Sibley was often far removed from the actual fighting and often drunk. Four undergraduates accompanied the trip. Topics include camp life, troop movements, list of soldiers in his company, battle of Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, battle of Ream�s Station, imprisonment at Libby Prison in Richmond, and his exchange and return to Madison, Wisconsin, after visiting family in New Hampshire.
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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Court House

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The Union objective on the southern portion of the Cedar Mountain battlefield: the Crittenden Lane. It is the fourth covered bridge on that site and the present one is over 150 years old but I do not recall exactly when it was built. Haskins Hobson (ca. 1846-1937) of Powhatan County, who served in Company E, 4th Virginia Cavalry. Meanwhile, Rosecrans' brilliant Tullahoma Campaign forces Bragg to abandon most of Tennessee and concentrate around Chattanooga.
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Fredericksburg (VA) (Postcard History)

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No decisive results were obtained from the fierce conflict of that day. Of great interest is the display on a Civil War era steamboat that sank in the Red, only to be uncovered on dry ground when the river shifted course. He served as a drummer and also as a soldier in the regiment. Often these rebels-in-blue would relay the current signals to local bushwhackers and they'd use them to get the drop on unsuspecting groups of militia.
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Report of the congressional committee on the operations of

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The federal government had begun building it on a small island in the harbor of Charleston, S. Mary is named after Mary Hite Bowman, George’s wife, and the mother of the Bowman brothers. As the mist rose, the Confederates saw the movement against their right near Hamilton's crossing. The first witness was Professor Emeritus James I. He could not decide which division to choose as a replacement, so he had his three subordinate commanders draw lots.
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Gen: William B. Franklin and the Operations of the Left Wing

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The collection includes letters, speeches, and printed material relating to Fenton's wartime and Reconstruction-era political career as governor of New York, and member of the U. Not only was the Cairo one of the first Union ironclads, she was also the first armored warship to be destroyed by a naval mine. In the spring a Federal force advanced as far up the Valley as New Market and the battle there temporarily arrested its progress; but later a force under Hunter pushed on to Staunton and Lexington and reached Salem where it was met and driven back through southwestern Virginia.
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