by Robert Plumb | Sep 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have offered my suggestions for the best books on the American Civil War using Shepherd:Discover the Best Books.http://shepherd.com/best-books/the-heart-of-the-american-civil-war...
by Robert Plumb | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
After the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865, some of the seriously wounded soldiers were taken to the nearby Gravelly Run Church which was serving as a field hospital. One of those wounded was Captain George P. McClelland of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. Pews...
by Robert Plumb | Jan 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the closing months of 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant was eager to put pressure on the Confederate supply and communication lines that he thought were vulnerable. He wanted to choke off Robert E. Lee’s source of men, equipment, and food once and for all. Key...
by Robert Plumb | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia in December, 1862, was to have been the first step in the Federal plan to seize the Confederate capital in Richmond. Senior level officers in the Union Army were convinced that their troops would be spending a victorious...
by Robert Plumb | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Backed by a force numerically superior to his enemy, General George Meade, Commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, felt confident that he would overwhelm Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in the closing days of November 1863. But the weather in the area...
by Robert Plumb | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joseph Hooker, born November 13, 1814 in Hadley, Massachusetts, was from a family with long time Yankee roots and whose grandfather fought as a captain in the American Revolution. Young Joseph was accepted into the class of 1837 at West Point where he was an...
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