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We Cannot Force the Gaps of the Blue Ridge – Another Fruitless Victory
19 hours agoJune 19, 1863 (Friday) The small battle between a two cavalry brigades at Aldie, Virginia had done little aside from giving Union Cavalry commander Alfred Pleasonton something to brag about. In his messages to General Joe Hooker, commanding the entire Federal Army of the Potomac, he gushed over the prowess of his troopers and made -
General Grant Finally Rids Himself of McClernand
2 days agoJune 18, 1863 (Thursday) It all started during the failed attack by General Grant’s forces upon the Confederate defenses at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant had launched an all-out assault, sending all three of his present corps against the enemy’s works. From the Federal left, General John McClernand sent word that he needed reinforcements, that he had -
Pleasonton Looks for Lee – Finds Stuart Instead
3 days agoJuly 17, 1863 (Wednesday) General Joe Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, knew that at least some of the Confederate Cavalry under Robert E. Lee had crossed into Pennsylvania. Reports from Harrisburg as well as Darius Couch, former II Corps commander who was now in charge of the Department of the Susquehanna, informed -
Confederate Cavalry Rounds Up Pennsylvania Blacks, Free and Slave
4 days agoJune 16, 1863 (Tuesday) Confederate Cavalry General Albert Jenkins was of good stock. He was born to wealthy parents on a Virginia plantation, attended a private academy, a fine college in Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School. Prior to the war, he served in the United States Congress. He was no ill-mannered, blood thirty rouge. By -
The Rebels Cross the Potomac and Enter Pennsylvania!
5 days agoJune 15, 1863 (Monday) Well before dawn, Allegheny Johnson’s Confederate Division was lying in wait for the Federals fleeing Winchester. Stephenson’s Depot, along the Winchester & Potomac line, presented the Rebels with the perfect opportunity to bag Robert Milroy’s defeated division, routed out of their defenses by Jubal Early’s troops the day before. But before -
Milroy Nearly Gobbled Up at Winchester
6 days agoJune 14, 1863 (Sunday) “Get General Milroy from Winchester to Harper’s Ferry, if possible,” wired a frantic Abraham Lincoln to General Robert Schneck. “He will be ‘gobbled up’ if he remains, if he is not already past salvation.” Schneck, commanding troops north of Washington, from Baltimore to Harpers Ferry and Winchester, had been urged and -
Milroy to Hold Winchester ‘In Spite of Fate’; Hooker Catches On
7 days agoJune 13, 1863 (Saturday) Confederate General Richard Ewell was poised to take Winchester, Virginia. Two of his divisions, under Jubal Early and Allegheny Johnson, were within a short day’s march of the contested city. Meanwhile, Robert Rodes, commanding the division remaining, was sent towards the east of Winchester to attack a smaller Federal outpost at
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