As the title says, if you could travel back in time to the Civil War and witness one battle, which one would you choose to watch and why?
by Mort Kunstler. Depicts Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain on Little Round Top on the afternoon of July 2, 1863.
Photographer George Washington Armstead made this image of Confederate troops killed during the fighting for Battery Robinett at Corinth, Mississippi, on this day in 1862. The defeated Confederates suffered approximately 4,200 casualties during the two-day fight. Union forces lost about 2,500 killed, wounded, and captured.
Walked through Reynolds/Herbst Woods today down to Willoughby's Run, thought I'd share.
Used AI to try to make his face more visible because of the motion blur. He was from Northeast Mississippi and from what I've looked up about these photos with that sign this was almost certainly taken in Corinth.
The Second Battle of Corinth—a Union victory—concluded on this day in 1862. Confederate forces suffered heavy losses in their assaults on the Union defenses that ringed the city, especially Battery Robinett, where the fighting was hand-to-hand.
Frank varney has written two different books about grant and how he treated his rivals.
After Thomas won the greatest union victory of the war at Nashville, grant rewarded him by taking away from him Schofield and the 23rd corps and James H Wilson cavalry corps. Thomas spent January through April 1865 sitting on the sidelines.
I'm still learning my way around the battlefield and stumbled upon this pond I knew nothing about after crossing Willoughby Run. Turns out it was larger during the battle and split/disrupted the Confederate line heading into Reynolds/Herbst Woods on Day 1. It was used later in the day as a fallback point for wounded and thirsty soldiers from both sides - several of whom fell in and drowned under deadly crossfire.
James Longstreet was otherwise referred to as ‘Pete’ by his friends in relation to St. Peter, but does anyone know why his corps subordinate Hood was nicknamed Sam?
Before the first shots of the Civil War were fired, decades of conflict over slavery, political power, westward expansion, and the future of the Union had pushed the nation toward crisis. Louisiana stood at the center of that struggle, with an economy deeply tied to enslaved labor, the Mississippi River, and the powerful port of New Orleans.
Beginning October 8, Louisiana Passport presents a four-part journey through Louisiana and the Civil War. We begin with the forces that divided the nation and Louisiana’s decision to secede, then follow the war as it reaches the state—bringing invasion, occupation, major military campaigns, emancipation, and profound change. Along the way, we will examine the experiences of soldiers, enslaved people, Black troops, and civilians whose lives were transformed by the conflict.
To understand Louisiana during the Civil War, we must first understand why the war happened—and how decades of unresolved conflict ultimately became a struggle that changed Louisiana and the United States forever.
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Today in the Civil War October 4
1861-President Lincoln views a tethered hot-air balloon ascent outside Washington D. C. The balloon was considered a top secret observation instrument to be used for observation during battles.
1861-Confederate government signs treaties with the Shawnee and Seneca Indians.
1862-Richard Hawes is inaugurated as Confederate governor of Kentucky. Braxton Bragg attends.
1864-Moving north along the Western and Atlantic Railroad in an attempt to sever Sherman's supply line, John Bell Hood attacks blockhouses and encampments at Acworth and Moon's Station.
1864-Skirmish, North River, Rockingham County Virginia.