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Battle of Gaines’ Mill <<Today is the third of a series of posts on the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, Virginia that occurred 150 [...]
June 27, 2012
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June 26, 1862 – Battle of Mechanicsville, VA – aka – Beaver Dam Creek / Ellerson’s Mill <<Today is the second of a [...]
June 26, 2012
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<<Today is the first of a series of posts on the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, Virginia that occurred 150 years ago this [...]
June 25, 2012
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I don’t think there is any Civil War writing that I enjoy reading quite so much as regimental histories. These are written by men who were [...]
June 22, 2012
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On this date of June 19th in 1862, President Lincoln signs a law prohibiting slavery in the Western territories. Having been passed by Congress, [...]
June 19, 2012
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<This post would have best fit into my ongoing Sesquicentennial Series a year ago – but I was not active with this blog at that time, so [...]
June 17, 2012
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On this date of June 16, 1862 occurred the Battle of Secessionville, S.C. (also known as the First Battle of James Island). At first glance [...]
June 16, 2012
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It was on this date of June 15, 1862 that the bulk of J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry completed their daring 150-mile round trip [...]
June 15, 2012
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This weekend featured some living history re-enactors portraying S.D. Lee’s Artillery – the Confederate guns posted at Antietam at the spot [...]
June 10, 2012
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<A fuller understanding of the larger context of this battle would be gained from reading these remarks in conjunction with yesterday’s post [...]
June 9, 2012
Enfilading Lines 