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October 22, 2023

Colonel John C. Starkweather’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Perryville

In the summer of 1862, Confederate forces invaded Kentucky to capture the state and bring it into the Confederacy. A border state with slavery, Kentucky’s residents had loyalties on both sides in the war,...

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July 13, 2019

Major General John A. Logan’s Report on the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Atlanta

In mid July 1864, Major General William T. Sherman’s Union Army was closing in on Atlanta. Dissatisfied with General Joseph E. Johnston’s tactics emphasizing maneuver, Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaced Johnston with the ever...

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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....

Tagged: benjamin cheatham

Colonel John C. Starkweather’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Perryville

Major General John A. Logan’s Report on the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Atlanta

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

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