Category: Civil War Research
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DE ARAGON, The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon – Part 14
Author’s note: This covers the Battle of Nashville and Hood’s retreat into Mississippi. The Battle of Nashville December 1, the day following the battle (Franklin), virtually every house in Franklin was turned into a hospital to accommodate the thousands of Confederate wounded. While the surgeons toiled to cope with the overwhelming numbers of mangled and torn men, Hood urged […]
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Looking for Civil War Newspaper Transcribers
UPDATE: If you have any issue with the contact form just leave a comment at the bottom of this post indicating your interest and I’ll contact you privately by email. All, For those of you who do not know, I run a Siege of Petersburg site which is dedicated to posting as much primary source […]
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Kearny vs. McClellan: Frustration on the Peninsula
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of guest posts by Greg Quinion. In addition to being an avid history reader and world traveler, Greg works as a freelance travel and history writer and Information Analyst in Washington DC. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, […]
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Thomas Riley: Confederate Hero, Deserter, Or Both?
Several weeks ago I received a long awaited package in the mail from the State Archives of North Carolina: two 35mm diazo microfilm reels containing every issue of the Raleigh (NC) Daily Confederate from 1864 and 1865. My goal is to view and print off articles pertaining to the Siege of Petersburg, and from time […]
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“A.J. Smith’s Veterans” or was it non-veterans?
Recently, while reading about the 1864 Red River campaign, a few things written about the detachment from the Army of the Tennessee commanded by General A.J. Smith left me scratching my head. The first thing that caught my eye was a statement by Craig Symonds in Lincoln and His Admirals wherein Symonds calls Smith’s men […]
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The Confederate Defense of Resaca – May 9, 1864
In a pair of recent posts I wrote about the movement of the Army of the Tennessee through Snake Creek Gap to Resaca on May 9th 1864. Let’s take a look at the other side — who was defending Resaca that day? The Official Records make no mention of this, but in his book ‘Four […]
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DE ARAGON, The Chronicle of a Confederate Surgeon – Part 13
Author’s note: De Aragon’s division rejoin’s Hoods army which moves north toward Dalton, Ga and then into Alabama before moving into Tennessee and fighting the enemy at Franklin. The Battle of Franklin In the dark of night, French’s Division marched twelve miles through rain and mud to reach New Hope Church at dawn on October 6. […]