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Tag Archives: General Robert E. Lee
Lincoln: The Triumphal Stroll
The Procession As far back as recorded time goes, when a Great War was over, the victors paraded through their towns and villages, trumpets blaring. Hundreds, and even thousands of soldiers glittered in their armor, assembled and proud. Most marched. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David Porter, American history, CSA President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Lincoln goes to Richmond, Lincoln in City Point VA, Lincoln visits Petersburg VA, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, The burning of Richmond, The Civil War, The Confederate White House, The siege of Petersburg, US history, White House history
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Edward Porter Alexander. Soldier. Engineer. Gettysburg.
EPA: The Young and Handsome Edward Porter Alexander wanted to be a soldier from early youth. His well-to-do father, a successful Georgia planter, wanted him to be an engineer. When a family friend advised the senior Alexander that a West … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Edward Porter Alexander, Feather Schwartz Foster, former President Grover Cleveland, General Edward Porter Alexander, General James Longstreet, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Robert E. Lee, history, Porter Alexander, the battle of Gettysburg, US Civil War, US history
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U.S. Grant and George Meade: A Partnership
Both George Meade and Ulysses Grant were West Pointers, and share a singular coincidental date in history. Meade and Grant: Common Bonds George Meade (1815-72), Pennsylvanian, came from a military family. His father was a naval officer, but died when … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ambrose Burnside, General George McClellan, General George Meade, General Henry Halleck, General Irvin McDowell, General John Pope, General Joseph Hooker, General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, General Winfield Scott, history, Lincoln's Generals, PA Governor Andrew Curtin, President Abraham Lincoln, the battle of Gettysburg, The battle of Vicksburg, US history
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General Grant’s Greatest Lesson
Fear is a natural reaction in the face of danger, or stress or the unknown. Or all of it. USG: Reinstatement The surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 changed everything for West Point trained Ulysses S. Grant. President Lincoln … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Meade, General Grant, General John C. Fremont, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's Personal Memoirs, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, The American Civil War, The Salt River, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Appomattox Parole Perks
April 9, 1865 was arguably among the most important days in U.S. history. U.S. Grant: The Surrender The Civil War had dragged on for four long years, and the casualty count was in the hundreds of thousands and would go … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House NPS, Chief of Education Ernie Price, Civil War history, Confederate soldiers paroled at Appomattox, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Grant's Order #73, General Robert E. Lee, General U.S. Grant, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, terms of surrender at Appomattox, Transportation for paroled Confederates, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Visitors Services at Appomattox Court House
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Robert E. Lee at the Crossroads
April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of a difficult time in the life of Robert E. Lee. The Surrender It was a horrible day for General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). He has been famously quoted as preferring to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Appomattox Court House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Plantation, Civil War history, Confederate history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Mary Anne Custis Lee, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, The American Civil War, The Army of Northern Virginia, The assassination of Lincoln, the Confederate Army, the great-grandaughter of Martha Washington, US history
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Wilmer McLean: A Plague on Both His Houses
Wilmer McLean is one of those oddities of the Civil War, where truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Wilmer McLean was a Virginia wholesale grocer, who at age 39 married a well-to-do widow with two children and a moderate plantation … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Appomattox Court House, Civil War history, Col. Charles Marshall, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Battle of Bull Run, First Manassas, Ft. Sumter, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee aide Col. Marshall, General Pierre Beauregard, General PTG Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Joseph E. Johnston, Manassas, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Second Battle of Bull run, Second Manassas, The Peninsula Campaign, The siege of Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Wilmer McLean
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Jefferson Davis at Twilight
For a man with lifelong poor health, Jefferson Davis managed to live till eighty-one. The Three Careers of Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was a quintessential Southerner of the early nineteenth century: one who easily and capably gravitated into three … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Lost Cause", American history, Civil War history, Confederate First Lady Varina Davis, Confederate history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Confederate States of America, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fortress Monroe, General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis Unionist, John C. Calhoun, President of the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson, Symbol of "The Lost Cause", the career of Jefferson Davis, The character of Jefferson Davis, The Confederacy, US history, Varina Davis
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General Grant Saves General Lee
On April 9, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant became the most popular man in America. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House Civil War Victory: The Euphoria The news was instantaneously carried by telegraph wire across the country – North … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Lee surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's funeral train, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, Secretary of State William Seward, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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