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150 years ago, July 1862 One month ago, the Army of the Potomac listened to Richmond’s church bells. Now they are at Harrison’s Landing covered by gunboats on the James River. On the first, the Battle of Malvern Hill ends the Seven Days’ Campaign. The Army of Northern Virginia has suffered 20,141 causalities, about 4,300 […]
150 years ago, July 1862
July 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment
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The Antietam Anomaly
August 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments
In my last entry I discussed “Bull” Sumner’s attack on the West Woods and what went wrong, and why he ended up attacking with a single division instead of the three he had available. Here I want to consider one of the mysteries of the battle — why did two-thirds of II Corps suddenly angle […]
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