A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label Ambrose Burnside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ambrose Burnside. Show all posts
Friday, March 25, 2016

Photo of the Day: Ambrose Burnside Statue, Providence RI

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I must say that I was rather surprised to see not just a statue but an entire park honoring Ambrose Burnside in downtown Providence wh...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

This Day in Civil War History (Irish Brigade’s Hopeless Valor at Fredericksburg)

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December 13, 1862—It was the Union Army’s version of the Charge of the Light Brigade, a valorous but hopeless assault upon an enemy in ...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

This Day in Civil War History (Union Fiasco at Battle of the Crater)

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July 30, 1864—Having tried readily repulsed head-on and flanking maneuvers against Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant hoped for greater succes...
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