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Bridging the James River was a monumental task and its successful completion led to much disagreement over who was responsible for it. Both the Regular Battalion and the volunteers sought to claim the bulk of the work. LTC Spaulding, reporting for the volunteers, claims that he arrived at 8:00 a.m. on June 14, 1864 to […]
From the Engineer Depot – The James River Bridge debate
March 6th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Categories: Civil War Units · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History
Tags: · 15th new york engineers, crossing of the james river, engineers, james river, james river bridge, june 14 1864, june 15 1864
An Engineer talks Fredericksburg
March 10th, 2012 · No Comments
As forewarned I will make my first blog on my pet project; engineers. This little seen letter comes from Captain Ira Spaulding of the 50th New York Engineers. It describes his experiences at Fredericksburg. Head quarters Detachment of the 50th NY Engineers Opposite Fredericksburg, December 20th (?), 1862 My dear Dunklee, I have just received […]
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Research · Letters
Tags: · 50th new york engineers, battle of fredericksburg, engineers
Permanent Page for sfcdan’s Excellent Campaign Studies at History Forum
February 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Long time History Channel forum poster sfcdan has done quite a few multi-post campaign sketches on the History Channel forum. These posts are a nice change of pace from the constant quarrels over slavery that appear there endlessly, day after day. I thought it might be a nice idea to collect sfcdan’s posts at one […]
Categories: Best of TOCWOC - 2009 · Best of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog · Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Forums · Civil War on the Web · Civil War Units
Tags: · 5th new hampshire, bermuda hundred campaign, big black river, champion hill, engineers, history channel forum, hood's tennessee campaign, Knoxville, lynchburg campaign, milliken's bend, mine run campaign, sfcdan, southwest virginia, trevilian station, yellow tavern
Civil War Times Illustrated, September 2006
September 25th, 2006 · No Comments
Civil War Times Volume 45, Number 7 (September 2006) Civil War Times Web Site Page 7 Turning Points: Dr. Letterman’s War by Jeffry D. Wert Army surgeon Jonathan K. Letterman instituted a system to expedite removal of wounded from the field of battle to hospitals and medical stations. Appointed medical director of the Army of […]
Categories: Civil War Magazines
Tags: · antietam, axalla john hoole, civil war times illustrated, david r. jones, engineers, free schools of louisiana, george washington grayson, harpers ferry, henry w. kingsbury, john rankin, jonathan k. letterman, number 7, philadelphia, september 2006, volume 45
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