Category: War

January 6, 2018

Admiral David Porter’s Report on the Mississippi Squadron at the Battle of Arkansas Post

In early January 1863, Major General John A. McClernand led a Union Army expedition up the Arkansas River to attack Confederate Fort Hindman located at small town at a bend in the river called...

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December 5, 2017

The Iron Brigade at The Battle of Fredericksburg

As part of Brigadier General Abner Doubleday’s division of Major General John Reynold’s 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the Iron Brigade’s role at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg was to...

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November 20, 2017

Brigadier General William Hazen and Major Joab Stafford’s Reports on the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

After capturing Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 24th, 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant prepared to drive General Braxton Bragg’s Confederates off the high ground of Missionary Ridge and secure Chattanooga for...

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November 5, 2017

General Godfrey Weitzel’s Report on the Battle of Labadieville, or Georgia Landing, Louisiana

On October 24th, 1862, a Union Army brigade under the command of Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel left Carrollton, Louisiana (now part of New Orleans) on board river transports and traveled up the Mississippi River...

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September 17, 2017

Lt. Col. John W. Kimball’s Report on the 15th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Antietam

The 15th Massachusetts Infantry was mustered into service on July 5th, 1861 and first saw significant action in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in October of that year. The regiment was assigned to the...

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August 17, 2017

Colonel Ambrose Burnside’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the First Battle of Bull Run

Ambrose Burnside had a mixed record as a commander in the Civil War. As commander of the Union 9th Corps, he was successful in an early 1862 campaign that established a solid Union presence...

War

July 16, 2017

Future President Benjamin Harrison’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Peachtree Creek

On July 17th, 1864, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood replaced General Joseph E. Johnston as commanding officer of the Confederate Army of Tennessee after the latter failed to stop Union forces under Major General...

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June 22, 2017

Major John Mansfield’s Report on the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry at The Battle of Gettysburg

The 2nd Wisconsin Infantry was mustered into service in June of 1861 and saw extensive fighting at the First Battle of Bull Run. Later in 1861, the 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana...

Category: War

Admiral David Porter’s Report on the Mississippi Squadron at the Battle of Arkansas Post

The Iron Brigade at The Battle of Fredericksburg

Brigadier General William Hazen and Major Joab Stafford’s Reports on the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

General Godfrey Weitzel’s Report on the Battle of Labadieville, or Georgia Landing, Louisiana

Lt. Col. John W. Kimball’s Report on the 15th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Antietam

Colonel Ambrose Burnside’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the First Battle of Bull Run

Future President Benjamin Harrison’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Peachtree Creek

Major John Mansfield’s Report on the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry at The Battle of Gettysburg

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