Category: War

June 22, 2014

Colonel James C. Rice’s Report On His Brigade’s Action on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg

On the morning of July 2nd, 1863, Colonel James C. Rice was in command of the 44th New York Infantry, which along with the 16th Michigan, 83rd Pennsylvania, and 20th Maine Infantry regiments, made...

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June 9, 2014

Colonel Daniel McCook’s Brigade at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864

In late June 1864, the progress of Major General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign had slowed down. When the campaign began in early May, Sherman would advance, engage the Confederates of General Joseph E....

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May 7, 2014

General George Custer’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Yellow Tavern

On May 8th, 1864, shortly after the Overland Campaign began, Major General Phillip Sheridan, the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps commander, took the 10,000 men of his three divisions on a raid...

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April 22, 2014

Union Soldiers Recall the Fighting at the Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania Courthouse

After the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5th to 7th, 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant continued his Overland Campaign by moving the Union Army southeast toward Spotsylvania Courthouse. There were a series...

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April 14, 2014

Future President Benjamin Harrison and the 70th Indiana Infantry at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia

The 70th Indiana Infantry was formed in August 1862 and spent most of its time in service prior to May 1864 guarding railroads and in garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee. That month, the...

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April 7, 2014

Colonel Lewis Grant’s Report on the 1st Vermont Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness

On May 5th, 1864, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia clashed in the Battle of the Wilderness, the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland...

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March 19, 2014

Colonel Francis Fessenden’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill

The Union Army advance up the Red River in Louisiana during the spring 1864 Red River Campaign came to a halt at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads , also known as the Battle of...

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February 20, 2014

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry’s Report on the Fighting at Laurel Hill Near Spotsylvania Court House Virginia May 1864

On May 8th, 1864, the Union Army’s 5th and 6th Corps (commanded by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and John Sedgwick respectively) attacked the Confederate 1st Corps, commanded by Major General Richard Anderson, and...

Category: War

Colonel James C. Rice’s Report On His Brigade’s Action on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg

Colonel Daniel McCook’s Brigade at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864

General George Custer’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Yellow Tavern

Union Soldiers Recall the Fighting at the Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania Courthouse

Future President Benjamin Harrison and the 70th Indiana Infantry at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia

Colonel Lewis Grant’s Report on the 1st Vermont Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness

Colonel Francis Fessenden’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battles of Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry’s Report on the Fighting at Laurel Hill Near Spotsylvania Court House Virginia May 1864

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