Brig. Gen. Henry McCulloch’s men, part of Walker’s Texas Division, had been marching and countermarching, embarking on boats, disembarking, then re-embarking to go back from whence they came, over the course of several weeks. On the last day of … Continue reading →
In the early morning darkness of June 6, 1863, around 2a.m., Col. Hermann Lieb took his regiment of new recruits out for a reconnaissance toward the railroad depot, near Tallulah and Richmond, Louisiana. Two companies of the irritable 10th Illinois Cavalry were … Continue reading →
The men of Brig. Gen. Henry McCulloch’s brigade were both nervous and excited. There were Yankees ahead, and the unproven Texans weren’t sure what to expect. They were confident, to be sure – but still, each man wondered – “Will … Continue reading →
The men in the camp of the 10th Illinois Cavalry were in an uproar. Pvt. John O’Brien was being held in the nearby camp of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, African Descent, (a Union unit despite its name). Col. Isaac F. … Continue reading →
I recently had the honor and pleasure of appearing in a VirtualBookSigning at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago with Allen Guelzo, author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion. As we discussed our works, it occurred to me that there … Continue reading →