Month: September 2006
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Review: Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions by Eric Wittenberg
Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions by Eric J. Wittenberg Thomas Publications: Gettysburg, PA, 1998. 132 pp., 8 maps Eric Wittenberg sets out to right several wrongs in his concise Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions. The increasingly prolific cavalry author here focuses on three separate but related cavalry actions on the south side of the Gettysburg Battlefield after […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: September 21, 1864
September 21, 1864 Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is assigned to permanent command of the Middle Military Division, VA. Skirmish at Fisher’s Hill, VA, as both Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, dig in. Skirmish at Front Royal, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Strasburg, […]
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America’s Civil War, September 2006
America’s Civil War Volume 19, Number 4 (September 2006) America’s Civil War Web Site Page 11 Eyewitness to War by Kevin M. Levin Captain John C. Winsmith, a South Carolinian serving with the 1st South Carolina Infantry, describes in a letter home the severe fighting in the Wilderness and at Spotsylvania Court House. Winsmith took […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: September 20, 1864
September 20, 1864 Skirmish near Cedarville, VA, as Union cavalry pursue the fleeing Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA. Skirmish at Middletown, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at 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 […]
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That Antietam Anomaly
Brian Downey has a new blog post up about a subject I mentioned in August — General French’s march away from the West Woods toward the Sunken Lane. This really is the mystery of the battle and I’ve often wondered why so many historians have sort of passed over it with little or no comment. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: September 19, 1864
September 19, 1864 Federal scout to Lee’s Mill and Proctor’s House, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. 9/16-17/1864. The Battle of Winchester (or the Opequon), VA, as Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, makes good on his plan to attack Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and his depleted force of 12,000, with fighting taking place along the […]
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Book Purchases: August 2006
I managed to pick up an interesting though smaller list of books last month. These range from fiction, to biography and semi-biography, to a tour guide, and finally to my typical battle and campaign studies. I am particularly excited to finally get my hands on Forrest at Brice’s Crossroads for a good price. I’ve already […]