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150 Years Ago Today … On this date of 11/21/1862, James A. Seddon was named as the CSA Secretary of War. He was the fourth to hold this [...]
November 21, 2012
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Here in this final of three consecutive posts on reactions within the Army of the Potomac on the dismissal of General McClellan, I quote the most [...]
November 10, 2012
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This is the second of three consecutive posts on reactions within the Army of the Potomac on the dismissal of General McClellan. These are taken [...]
November 9, 2012
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This is the first of three consecutive posts on reactions within the Army of the Potomac on the dismissal of General McClellan. These are taken [...]
November 8, 2012
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On this date of November 7, 1862, General George B. McClellan was officially removed as commander of the Army of the Potomac. The extensive [...]
November 7, 2012
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This is an additional follow-up to the material shared yesterday about the account of Frederick Hitchcock of the 132nd PA – who wrote of [...]
November 6, 2012
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I find no greater joy in Civil War research than to read the remarks of those who were there – to follow their journals and memoirs. So many of [...]
November 5, 2012
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150 Years Ago This Week – Berlin, MD < Noyes speaks frequently in the following segment about “our general” … and is of course talking [...]
October 30, 2012
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Here is a short excerpt – again from the pen of George F. Noyes in his book “The Bivouac and the Battlefield.” As was evident in the post [...]
October 27, 2012
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150 Years Ago – 10/24-10/26: This will be essentially my last posting in the recent series about the “Antietam Aftermath,” and it will [...]
October 26, 2012