Month: August 2006
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Sharpshooter Ammo and Pouches
I’ve always said that one of the most difficult jobs of the war was that of the Confederate ordnance officer. It was not unusual, especially early in the war, to have units armed with two or even three different types and calibers of weapons. Even when things more or less standardized (at least In Virginia) […]
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Execution of Sharpshooters?
While giving a presentation recently I mentioned that only one Confederate sharpshooter’s badge had survived. A gentleman in the audience assured me that the reason was that no one dared to wear them because sharpshooters were summarily executed when captured. He could not, however, provide me with any examples. So I’m wondering…does anyone else have […]
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Killed by Concussion?
Earlier I posted an entry about the sharpshooter at Devil’s Den, who was supposed to have been killed by concussion from cannon fire. Does anyone know of any other instances where this was supposed have happened, or is this pretty much a Gettysburg phenomenon? I’ve never come across it before, but I admit there’s a […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 15, 1864
August 15, 1864 Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Fisher’s Hill, near Strasburg, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the […]
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Today in the Petersburg Cmapaign: August 14, 1864
August 14, 1864 Skirmish near Strasburg, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, continue to spar. Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, is placed in the command of the 9th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 13, 1864
August 13, 1864 Affair at Berryville, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Actions at Four-Mile Creek and Dutch Gap, VA. Federal demonstration on the north bank of the James River, at Deep Bottom, as Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to divert Gen. Robert E. Lee’s, CSA, attention away from Petersburg, Virginia, with little […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 11, 1864
August 12, 1864 Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, begin to meet up with each other. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the […]