Tag: 48th pennsylvania

  • Odds & Ends: May 22, 2008

    No real introduction this time. Let’s get right to a look at Civil War news and info from blogs, other web sites, and newspapers. David Woodbury has an interview up with Victoria Bynum, author of The Free State of Jones. In addition to appearing on DW’s Civil War blog, Dr. Bynum was also a guest […]

  • The Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864

    In the past month and a half, I’ve marked the anniversaries of important battles during the Petersburg Campaign (and I apologize for missing the Wilson-Kautz Raid and First Deep Bottom). When Petersburg does manage to get mentioned, arguably the most “popular” battle (you have to include Five Forks as well) is the Crater, fought on […]