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Editor’s Note: This review first appeared yesterday at The Siege of Petersburg Online and has been cross-posted here. Price, James S. The Battle of First Deep Bottom. (The History Press: September 2014). 160 pages, illustrations, over 35 images, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-60949-541-1 $19.99 (Paperback). Benjamin F. Naylor of the 183rd Pennsylvania asked, […]
Civil War Book Review: The Battle of First Deep Bottom
October 21st, 2014 · 10 Comments
Categories: Beyond the Crater: Petersburg Campaign Notes · Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War Book Reviews · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Civil War Books - New · Civil War Books - Now Reading
Tags: · first battle of deep bottom, james s. price, siege of petersburg, the battle of first deep bottom, the history press, winfield scott hancock
First Battle of Deep Bottom – Part IV
September 18th, 2013 · No Comments
July 27th (2400-0800) While Foster conducted his isolated fight to preserve the bridgehead Hancock began his move. His orders were to cross the Appomattox at dark and proceed to Deep Bottom. After crossing that river he was to travel by side roads “so that the cavalry, which was crossing at Broadway Landing, might have an […]
Categories: The First Battle of Deep Bottom (Campaign Series)
Tags: · first battle of deep bottom, grant's third offensive, july 27 1864, philip henry sheridan, siege of petersburg, winfield scott hancock
First Battle of Deep Bottom – Part II
September 4th, 2013 · No Comments
Making Plans With the basic roles of the campaign determined (Grant-offense; Lee-defense) the commanders had to create the means to accomplish their goals. Frustrated by the lack of progress in front of Petersburg, Grant decided to make use of his two brigade bridgehead. He was determined to turn it into a base for a thrust […]
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Tags: · 15th new york engineers, first battle of deep bottom, grant's third offensive, james connor, james kershaw, july 23 1864, july 25 1864, siege of petersburg, winfield scott hancock
Presidential Material: Civil War Candidates From McClellan to McKinley
November 6th, 2012 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: This article is a guest post by Greg Quinion. Greg has submitted several other articles for TOCWOC in the past, including a series on General Phil Kearny. Greg’s piece on this Election Day focuses appropriately enough on Civil War soldiers who went on to become presidential candidates, and for more than a few, […]
Categories: Political History · Politicians
Tags: · andrew johnson, benjamin harrison, chester a. arthur, george b. mcclellan, james a. garfield, president of the united states, Rutherford B. Hayes, william mckinley, winfield scott hancock
Odds & Ends: July 8, 2008
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
This Odds & Ends contains quite a few links from the Civil War blogs. I’m trying to fill in just a bit for the recently retired This Week in Civil War Blogs formerly run by Civil War Interactive, but I doubt I’d ever have time to fill in on a permanent basis. I’d like to […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · 48th pennsylvania monument, alan nolan, antietam, battle of champion hill, brent nosworthy, civil war antiques, eric wittenberg, fredericksburg campaign, front royal, gary ecelbarger, george washington, gettysburg, lee considered, nathaniel banks, peter cozzens, roll call to destiny, shepherdstown, sid champion v, sun tzu, the art of war, they died with their boots on, ulysses s. grant, william t. sherman, winchester, winfield scott hancock
You Learn Something New…
October 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
I just happened to read about a new preservation effort concerning the tomb of Winfield Scott Hancock’s wife this evening in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story. It seems that the W.S. Hancock Society of Norristown, PA wants has offered to help preserve Almira Hancock’s tomb, now in poor condition in St. Louis’ Bellefontaine Cemetery. I […]
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Tags: · cemeteries, jefferson barracks, st. louis, winfield scott hancock
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