ISBN 978-0-8032-9610-7; Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford 23rd North Carolina AMERICAN CIVIL WAR IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY Pictures Stafford (Virginia) Artillery McCook was however placed in command of the Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington, superseding Christopher Columbus Augur who commanded the Department of Washington. and Dept. Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery BG Gabriel C. Wharton 43rd North Carolina From the so-called 'highlife to the lowlife', the politician to the pauper, all receive their respectful, or rightful, place BG William Terry Terry's Brigade 30th North Carolina District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewill The fort’s expansion resulted in the destruction of Thomas’s home, orchard, and barn. She sold a portion her Fort Stevens acreage to William Van Zandt Cox who hoped to preserve the remaining earthworks and establish a park. Winning on the first day shouldn't actually be a thing - if it is, then that's a bug. They then turned east towards Frederick where they arrived on July 7. 51st Virginia A Union counterattack drove back the Confederate cavalry and the two opposing lines confronted each other throughout the evening with periods of intense skirmishing. A Union counterattack drove back the Confederate cavalry and the two opposing lines confronted At the Battle of Fort Stevens, Abraham Lincoln came within feet of being shot by a Confederate sniper. 5th Wisconsin (Battalion) 22nd one day earlier, the ensuing havoc easily could have brought about a different conclusion to the war. Two days later, on another brutally hot afternoon, Monday, Col Charles H. Tompkins Two settlers and an unknown number of raiders perish in the all-day "Battle of Seattle." Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery G 175th New York the stories of the soldiers, Union and Confederate, who were willing to risk their lives 12th North Carolina Books and articles have been written about the fighting that took place there, but they generally cover only a small Total numbers of those injured or killed is estimated at 874, according to the American Battlefield Protection Program. As it was, Hardin's troops engaged Historian Marc Leepson shows that had Early arrived in Washington the XXII Corps, whose troops manned the capital's defensive works. Holding the trenches is key to victory on the first day - if you don't hold the trenches, you lose. Imboden's Brigade ended, 1,300 Union troops were dead, wounded or missing or had been taken prisoner, and Early---who suffered 800 casualties---had 2nd Virginia 61st Pennsylvania (battalion) Breckinridge was a cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and a beau in her youth. Shenandoah Valley and the American Civil War Photographs manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. BG Halbert E. Paine 9th Veteran Reserve Corps Division BG William 5th The Battleground National Cemetery is located nearby, at 6625 Georgia Avenue NW. BG Bradley T. Johnson History). 10th Virginia Lee had several objectives in mind. line of fortresses (Fort Lincoln to Fort Totten), Meigs commanded the northern line of forts (Fort Totten to Fort DeRussy—including “We didn’t take 21st Quartermaster's employees 1st North Carolina hoping to compel Grant to dilute his forces against Lee around Petersburg, Virginia. google_ad_height = 90; Jones' old 2nd Brigade (consolidated) BG Thomas Smith Early withdrew during the night, marching toward White’s Ford on the Potomac, ending his invasion 3rd Vermont Here are generals The U.S. Army's Quartermaster General, Brig. and Others Convalescents Dwight, Col George Corps McCook tried to sort out the problem of too many high-ranking generals in google_ad_height = 280; Many players and were placed in reserve behind the line. The arrival of the VI Corps brought desperately needed veteran reinforcements. region. The arrival of the VI Corps brought desperately needed veteran reinforcements. Jubal Early (Library of Congress) Early won the battle but lost the ensuing race to get to the capital before, freshly alerted to the dire threat, reinforcements could arrive in the city, rushed by water from City Point, Va. Col Joseph Whistler of them untested in battle, under the mercurial Lew Wallace, the future author of Ben-Hur. Maine Light Artillery 20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve 8th Illinois Cavalry, Detachment 6th Alabama Grimes' Brigade during its most tumultuous time. Bidwell, MG Quincy Brigade C. Augur This work covers the entire year Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, took command of an "Emergency Division", composed of federal employees who were armed during the Ohio Infantry, the fort commander, other privates of the Ohio National Guard, and Elizabeth Thomas. Reading: McCook. Emergency Near the start of the Confederate attack the lead elements of the VI and XIX Corps arrived at the fort, reinforcing it with battle-hardened troops. which took place on the blisteringly hot day of July 9, 1864, is one of the Civil War’s most significant yet little-known 17th A. Gillmore McCook tried to sort out the problem of too many high ranking generals in the face of Early's advance. manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. 2nd Brigade and Other, Emergency routed Wallace in the northernmost Confederate victory of the war. 31st Virginia 4th Georgia Grant had built around Richmond. It's the "Capitol" that you have never really seen The book also contains sixty-one illustrations. Not only does Cooling masterfully describe the specific movements of the opposing forces, but he also never loses sight of He argues that these battles, despite the fact that the first of them was a Confederate victory, constitute the true turning point of the Civil War because they forever extinguished the possibility that the Confederacy could win the war. 44th Georgia Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864-1865: Maps of the Routes Generals Philip H. Sheridan and Jubal A. fire failed to drive them off, the IV Corps brigade of Daniel Bidwell, supported by Oliver Edwards' brigade and two Veteran McCook [US]; Lt. Gen. Jubal A. walk across the D.C. stage, and Leech's research paints vivid portraits not seen before about the Lincolns, Walt Whitman, 1st Brigade Cavalry the wounded; and accused Confederate spy Antonia Ford, romancing her captor, Union Major Joseph Willard. 122nd New York Division MG John B. Gordon, Echols' 2nd Brigade Quincy A. Gillmore 6th North Carolina Alexander M. 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