Category: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War
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150 years ago, November 1862
150 Years Ago November 1862 Fall weather is turning roads to mud and the grass is dying, poor road conditions coupled with increased demand for forage force armies to build winter encampments. Men usually build log huts with floors using tents for the roof. Smoke vents through a chimney built of small barrels and mud. […]
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October 31, 1862: A Counterfactual
October 31, 1862 The Confederate offensive of 1862 resulted in defeats at Antietam, Perryville and Corinth. What would happen if the battles of Antietam and Perryville had not taken place? What if Van Dorn had not risked everything attacking Corinth? Over estimating the size of armies is endemic in 1862. Yes, my numbers for Lee, […]
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150 years ago, October 1862
150 years ago, October 1862 By James W. Durney Politically and military, October opens with a fluid situation. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is receiving mixed reviews. The Radical Republicans consider the EP to be “to little, to late”. They wanted an end to slavery not an end to slavery in the CSA. Additionally, they question why […]
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Which Antietam Books Should YOU Buy?: The Best Antietam (Sharpsburg) Books
Editor’s Note: One half of this article comes from my earlier entry, the Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, while the other half covers some of the better new books on Antietam which have come out in the last three years or so. Be sure […]
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“You have let me sleep in peace for the first time.”
Recently the NY Times had a blog post by Richard Slotkin titled Washington in Disarray the focus of which was on the crisis in Washington at the beginning of September 1862 and President Lincoln’s decision to keep Gen. George McClellan in charge of the army. There is an element to the story that I feel […]