Month: May 2006
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 31, 1864 The Operations at and about Cold Harbor, VA. (The battles of Cold Harbor and Bethesda Church were fought on June 1st-3rd). 5/31-6/12/1864 Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the […]
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Busy Week
I’ll be pretty busy for the next week, so aside from the usual Today in the Petersburg Campaign entries, Harpers Ferry Arsenal updates, and a book review later this week, you probably won’t see me until next Monday for the next edition of Fred Ray’s book on Confederate sharpshooters. I don’t think there are going […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 30, 1864 Skirmish at Ashland near Hanover, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, arrives along the Totopotomoy River, almost within 10 miles of Richmond, VA, but blocking the way is the The Army of Northern Virginia, north of the Chickahominy River. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used […]
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 9
Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 In my last post, we covered Early’s battles in […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 29, 1864 Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate 2nd Army Corps, the The Army of Northern Virginia. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 28, 1864 The Army of Northern Virginia and Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, arrive from North Anna to the area north of the Chickahominy River and Mechanicsville, near Cold Harbor, in advance of Grant’s crossing of the Pamunkey River near Hanovertown, VA. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with […]
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In Memorial
Since this is a blog focusing on military things, albeit over 140 years ago, I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on those in my own family who have served their country, one of whom also gave his life in the line of duty. My Dad’s favorite uncle Joe was killed in the Korean […]