• June 1, 1862 It was around noon on this date that Robert E. Lee took command of the (soon to be named) Army of Northern Virginia. (So I have [...]

  150 Years Ago Today: Robert E. Lee Assumes Command

  June 1, 2012
• <Note: Another name often given this event is the “Battle of Fort Darling.” This engagement on 4/15/1862 is a “first” Battle of [...]

  150 Years Ago Today – Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia

  May 15, 2012
• As McClellan began the Virginia Peninsula Campaign by pushing his large army (about 120,000) from Fort Monroe, his troops soon encountered a [...]

  150 Years Ago Today – The Siege of Yorktown Begins

  April 4, 2012
• After months of preparation (along with criticism for the inaction of The Army of the Potomac), McClellan himself departed Washington (“that [...]

  150 Years Ago Today – McClellan Leaves Washington for Peninsula Campaign

  April 1, 2012