Showing posts with label Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Updates. Show all posts
Monday, May 4, 2015
Site Moving to Facebook
Starting May 2015, new content updates for The River of Death will now be posted on our official Facebook page, available here. The entries will remain online and be updated periodically, but for new posts, please refer to our Facebook site instead.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Hinton on Illinois Monuments
Noah Hinton has posted an examination of various Illinois monuments, available here.
Gilbert on Chickamauga Battlefield: Military and Strategic Uses After the Civil War
Chickamauga Battlefield: Military and Strategic Uses After the Civil War
Thanks to its strategic location at the connection of several rail lines, the battlefield at Chickamauga remained an important location for the U.S. army for more than decades. In 1898, as the conflict between Spain and the United States intensified, the ground were used as a training site for soldiers, with more than 60,000 men passing through the site, which was temporarily renamed “Camp George H. Thomas.” A summer heat wave combined with quickly assembled facilities might have prepared the men for combat on the dry, desert, terrain in Mexico and Texas. But it resulted in unhealthy conditions in the camp, and when a deadly typhoid epidemic suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It killed approximately 400 men—more than the total combat deaths the United States would suffer in the following Spanish-American War.
Many would argue the typhoid to be a tragedy or a strange coincidence. But one must really take a step back, and think about the possibility that the supernatural may be involved. Perhaps the dead souls that haunt the hallowed ground were upset about being disturbed from their rest. Or maybe they were just simply trying to worn those young men who were about to set out and fight the Spanish, to return home to their loved ones, and not buy in to a used war like they had been in.
Author: Adam Gilbert, March 3, 2015
Further Reading:
Bradley S. Keefer, Conflicting Memories on the River of Death: The Chickamauga Battlefield and the Spanish-American War, 1863-1933, Kent State University, 2013
Steven, E. Woodworth, Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns. Bison Books, 1999
Thistlethwaite on Joseph Wheeler
Haley Thistlethwaite has completed an article on Confederate cavalry officer Joseph Wheeler, available here.
Rowe on Snodgrass Hill
Shannon Rowe's article on George H. Thomas' September 20, 1863 defense of Snodgrass Hill is now available here.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Rowe on the Viniard Field
Shannon Rowe has written a new article on the September 19, 1863 fighting in the Viniard Field, now available here.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Battlefield Excursion 1 Photos
Photos from our first battlefield excursion of the Spring 2015 semester are now on our Photos page.
Miller on John T. Wilder
Lauren Miller's article on John T. Wilder of the Lightning Brigade is now up and available here.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Thistlethwaite on A. P. Stewart
A new biographical post on Confederate Major General A. P. Stewart by Haley Thistlethwaite is here.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Battlefield Excursion 1
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| HIST 490-Spring 2015 February 22, 2015 Wilder Monument |
Friday, February 20, 2015
Battle of Chickamauga Medal of Honor Recipients
The following are Medal of Honor Recipients from the Battle of Chickamauga.
Carson, William J.
Rank and Organization: Musician, Company E, 1st Battalion, 15th United States Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Date of lssue: 27 January 1894.
Citation: Most distinguished gallantry in battle.
Myers, George S.
Rank and Organization: Private, Company F, 101st Ohio Infantry.
Place, and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Fairfield, Ohio.
Date of Issue: 9 April 1894.
Citation: Myers saved the regimental colors by greatest personal devotion and bravery.
Reed, Axel H.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863; at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, 25 November 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Maine.
Date of lssue: 2 April 1898.
Citation: While in arrest at Chickamauga, Georgia, Reed left his place in the rear and voluntarily went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly during the two-day battle; Reed was released from arrest in recognition of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge, he commanded his company and gallantly led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; he was severely wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in active service to the end of the war.
Richey, William E.
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Athens County, Ohio.
Date, of Issue: 9 November 1893.
Citation: While on the extreme front, between the lines of the combatants, Richey single-handedly captured a Confederate major who was armed and mounted.
Chamberlain, Orville T.
Rank and Organization: Second Lieutenant, Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at.
Birth: Kosciusko County, Indiana.
Date of Issue: 11 March 1896.
Citation: While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.
Cilley, Clinton A.
Rank and Organization: Captain, Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Farmington, New Hampshire.
Birth: Rockingharn County, New Hampshire.
Date of Issue: 12 June 1895.
Citation: Cilley seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.
Porter, Horace
Rank and Organization: Captain, Ordnance Department, United States Army.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Pennsylvania.
Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of Issue: 8 July 1902.
Citation: While acting as a volunteer aide at a critical moment when the lines were broken, Porter rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.
Taylor, Anthony
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Burlington, New Jersey.
Date of Issue: 4 December 1893.
Citation. Taylor held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy.
Whitney, William G.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Allen, Michigan.
Date of Issue: 21 October 1895.
Citation: As the enemy was about to charge, Whitney went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy soldiers, and, at great exposure to himself, cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing them within the Union lines. The ammunition was then used with good effect in again repulsing the attack.
Further reading:
Dr. William Glenn Robertson, Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan, Lieutenant Colonel John I. Boxberger, and Major George E. Knapp. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga, 18-20 September 1863. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. 1992.
Carson, William J.
Rank and Organization: Musician, Company E, 1st Battalion, 15th United States Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Date of lssue: 27 January 1894.
Citation: Most distinguished gallantry in battle.
Myers, George S.
Rank and Organization: Private, Company F, 101st Ohio Infantry.
Place, and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Fairfield, Ohio.
Date of Issue: 9 April 1894.
Citation: Myers saved the regimental colors by greatest personal devotion and bravery.
Reed, Axel H.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863; at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, 25 November 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Maine.
Date of lssue: 2 April 1898.
Citation: While in arrest at Chickamauga, Georgia, Reed left his place in the rear and voluntarily went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly during the two-day battle; Reed was released from arrest in recognition of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge, he commanded his company and gallantly led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; he was severely wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in active service to the end of the war.
Richey, William E.
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company A, 15th Ohio Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 19 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Athens County, Ohio.
Date, of Issue: 9 November 1893.
Citation: While on the extreme front, between the lines of the combatants, Richey single-handedly captured a Confederate major who was armed and mounted.
Chamberlain, Orville T.
Rank and Organization: Second Lieutenant, Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at.
Birth: Kosciusko County, Indiana.
Date of Issue: 11 March 1896.
Citation: While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.
Cilley, Clinton A.
Rank and Organization: Captain, Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Farmington, New Hampshire.
Birth: Rockingharn County, New Hampshire.
Date of Issue: 12 June 1895.
Citation: Cilley seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.
Porter, Horace
Rank and Organization: Captain, Ordnance Department, United States Army.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at: Pennsylvania.
Birth: Pennsylvania.
Date of Issue: 8 July 1902.
Citation: While acting as a volunteer aide at a critical moment when the lines were broken, Porter rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under heavy fire long enough to effect the escape of wagon trains and batteries.
Taylor, Anthony
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Burlington, New Jersey.
Date of Issue: 4 December 1893.
Citation. Taylor held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy.
Whitney, William G.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.
Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863.
Entered Service at:
Birth: Allen, Michigan.
Date of Issue: 21 October 1895.
Citation: As the enemy was about to charge, Whitney went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy soldiers, and, at great exposure to himself, cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing them within the Union lines. The ammunition was then used with good effect in again repulsing the attack.
Further reading:
Dr. William Glenn Robertson, Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan, Lieutenant Colonel John I. Boxberger, and Major George E. Knapp. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga, 18-20 September 1863. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. 1992.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
New entries for the week of February 1, 2015, include posts on Reed's Bridge by Jessica Strickland and Lee and Gordon's Mills by Sam Doss.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
For the week of January 25th, new updates include entries on the following topics:
- Michigan Monuments by Renae Giesler
- Leonidas Polk by Sam Doss
- Braxton Bragg by Jessica Strickland
- Joseph Wheeler by Haley Thistlethwaite
- John T. Wilder by Lauren Miller
- George Henry Thomas by Shannon Rowe
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