The Dahlgren Affair: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond
•May 18, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond aimed to skewer the Confederate capital, but instead became known as ‘The Dahlgren Affair.’ More »
•May 18, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond aimed to skewer the Confederate capital, but instead became known as ‘The Dahlgren Affair.’ More »
•February 12, 2019 • 1 Comment
Two of the Civil War’s most colorful cavalry officers butted heads at Buckland Mills, Virginia: J.E.B. Stuart and Judson ‘Kill Cavalry’ Kilpatrick.
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•February 3, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Both during the Civil War and for years afterward, many prominent photographers visited Sumter, including James M. Osborn and Samuel Cooley. More »
•January 18, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Ulysses S. Grant would later admit that Cold Harbor was the one battle he “would not fight again.” Many federal soldiers who survived would agree. More »
•January 15, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
General Wheeler used his cavalry effectively against the Union army in the western theater. More »
•December 30, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
With Richmond in the distance, Union General George B. McClellan divided his army in two. Confederate General Joseph Johnston struck immediately. More »
•December 28, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate cavalry prepared a last desperate charge on the Union lines at Gettysburg. More »
•December 22, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Confederate cavaliers under Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee confidently charged into their Union counterparts at Kelly’s Ford, Virginia. More »
•December 21, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
In October 1863, Robert E. Lee moved north against the Union Arm at Centerville, Virginia. More »
•December 21, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
A sizable minority of Southerner, particularly in Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky, did not support the Confederacy. More »
