Sun, 20 August 2023
In which we finish looking at the action at the Battle of Wauhatchie (October 28/29, 1863). |
Sun, 13 August 2023
In which the Confederates launch a night attack against the Federals at Wauhatchie. |
Sun, 30 July 2023
In which the Federals strike at Brown's Ferry to open a new supply line into Chattanooga. |
Sun, 23 July 2023
In which Rich talks about some stuff. |
Sun, 16 July 2023
In which Old Rosey is sacked and Ulysses S Grant rides in to save the day. |
Sun, 9 July 2023
In which the campaign for Chattanooga takes a decisive turn- not in that town but in Washington. |
Sun, 2 July 2023
In which we look at Wheeler's October Raid. |
Sun, 25 June 2023
In which the Federals work to send substantial reinforcements to William Rosecrans, while- on the Confederate side- Braxton Bragg battles his own generals. |
Sun, 18 June 2023
In which we look at the transition from the Chickamauga Campaign to the Chattanooga Campaign for the Army of Tennessee & the Army of the Cumberland. |
Sun, 11 June 2023
In which we talk about the fighting at the Battle of Bristoe Station (Virginia), which took place on October 14, 1863. |
Sun, 4 June 2023
In which we continue looking at the Bristoe Station Campaign, which took place in Northern Virginia in October 1863. |
Sun, 28 May 2023
In which we look at what was going on with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia while Rosecrans and Bragg were locked in combat at Chickamauga. |
Sun, 14 May 2023
In which William Quantrill and his rebel bushwhackers descend upon the town of Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and a massacre ensues. |
Sun, 7 May 2023
In which we look at the violence that wracked the Kansas/Missouri border after the start of the Civil War, and set the stage for the Lawrence (KS) Massacre, which took place in August 1863. |
Sun, 30 April 2023
In which we look at the aftermath of the battle. |
Mon, 24 April 2023
In which the battle of Chickamauga comes to a fitful, confusing end on the evening of September 20, 1863. |
Sun, 16 April 2023
In which the Confederates launch fierce attacks against Horseshoe Ridge, while the Federals struggle to hold onto the high ground. |
Sun, 26 March 2023
In which we tell a tale of two generals... |
Sun, 12 March 2023
In which Longstreet's assault column rolls right through the hole in the Federal line. |
Sun, 26 February 2023
In which Rosecrans' decision to send a constant stream of reinforcements to sustain George Thomas' position on the northern end of the battlefield sets the stage for a fatal gap opening up on the right side of the Union line. |
Sun, 5 February 2023
In which the big Confederate attack on the morning of the twentieth finally gets underway. |
Sun, 29 January 2023
In which we look at what was going on in both armies before the start of the fighting on the morning of the third (and final) day of the battle. |
Sun, 22 January 2023
In which we look at what was going on with the Confederate high command on the night of September 19. |
Sun, 15 January 2023
In which we talk about the aftermath of the second day of fighting, including important decisions made that night by each army commander. |
Sun, 8 January 2023
In which we look at Cleburne's night attack that ended the fighting on the second day of the battle. |
Sun, 1 January 2023
In which the fighting in and around Viniard Field consumes brigade after brigade, as Federals and Confederates continue their struggle for control of the vital La Fayette Road in this sector of the battlefield. |