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As I wrote yesterday, Confederate artilleryman John Pelham was mortally wounded in the Battle of Kelly’s Ford and died 150 years ago on this [...]
March 18, 2013
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On this date of March 17, 1863 was fought the cavalry conflict of the Battle of Kelly’s Ford. This pitted two former West Point cadet friends [...]
March 17, 2013
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In the series of posts that I have been doing on the 150th anniversary dates of major events in the Civil War, it has been difficult of late to [...]
March 14, 2013
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150 Years Ago – Capture of Union General E.H. Stoughton It was 150 years ago on the overnight of March 8-9 that Union General E.H. Stoughton [...]
March 8, 2013
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On this date of March 3, 1863, the Enrollment Act (a.k.a. the Civil War Military Draft Act) was passed and signed by President Lincoln. The [...]
March 3, 2013
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Battle of Hartwood Church and the Peterhoff Incident A cavalry clash occurred on this date of February 25, 1863 known as the Battle of Hartwood [...]
February 25, 2013
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Over the extent of writing this Enfilading Lines blog, I have often quoted a favorite writer from the Civil War era – George Freeman Noyes and [...]
February 4, 2013
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Quite a variety of opinions existed of the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac as he took to this task 150 years ago this season. The army [...]
January 30, 2013
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It was on this date of January 23, 1863 that Lincoln made the decision to replace Ambrose Burnside as the Commanding General of the Army of the [...]
January 26, 2013
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This third account of the Mud March comes from the pen of William Swinton in 1866, from his book “Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac.” He [...]
January 23, 2013
Enfilading Lines 