Month: June 2006
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Review: Rebels At The Gate
http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/Books/ACWEast/WestVirginia1861.htm Rebels At The Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Lines of a Nation Divided. W. Hunter Lesser. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc. (May 2004). 376 pp. 3 maps. The following is a review and summary of Rebels At The Gate, a book by W. Hunter Lesser focusing on the 1861 campaign in western Virginia. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 22, 1864
June 22, 1864 Engagement near the Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, where Lieut. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA repels the forces under Maj. Gens. David B. Birney, USA, and Horatio G. Wright, USA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Federal expedition, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, Cavalry against the South Side and Danville Railroad, VA, […]
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The Battles for Jerusalem Plank Road, June 21-24, 1864
I’ve decided to do a short blog entry on each of Grant’s Nine Offensives during the Petersburg Campaign, covering the basics and giving interested readers links to books and web sites for further study. I started last week with my first post on the Battle of Petersburg. After the failed assaults of June 18, 1864, […]
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Some Targets Were Bigger Than Others
“Marksmanship,” said one wag, “is the prerogative of the firing squad.” Meaning that if some poor sumbitch is tied to a stake, it’s easy to take careful aim and put the bullet where you want it. If he’s armed and shooting back at you, however, it tends to shake your aim. In the military, this […]
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Charge! Issue 9
Charge! Issue 9 (Fall 2005) Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses the recent efforts to restore the appearance of the Gettysburg battlefield to its 1863 look. Page 2 Terrain Tips on a Budget: Making Flock for Basing Figures or Fabricating Terrain by Doug Rogers Doug […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 21, 1864
June 21, 1864 Action at Howlett’s Bluff, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. President Abraham Lincoln tours the Petersburg, VA, siege lines on horseback with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, USA, as both sides continue to entrench. Skirmishes at White House or Saint Peter’s Church and Black Creek, or Tunstall’s Station, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. […]
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Brett’s American Civil War Book Reviews Page Updated
I’m continuing the seemingly endless process of updating my Civil War Book Reviews site. Specifically, I’ve continued switching campaign pages to a new look while at the same time creating web pages for each individual book. Tonight I managed to convert the South Carolina Campaigns and Second Bull Run (Manassas) pages to the new look.