标题: On the Firing Line With Yankees and Rebels [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-10-2011 12:05 标题: On the Firing Line With Yankees and Rebels 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Wall Street Journal, Apr 9, 2011 (in the weekly column Visualizer).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576244741500581856.html
Note:
(a) Capture of New Orleans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_New_Orleans
(Apr 25-May 1, 1862; Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union capture of the city itself was unopposed, sparing the destruction suffered by many other Southern cities. However, a controversial and confrontational administration of the city by its military governor caused lasting resentment. This capture of the largest Confederate city was a major turning point)
The caption of panel 2 states Union ships "passed up the river in silence until the head of the fleet was opposite the forts, when one incessant roar of heavy cannon commenced from both sides of the Mississippi and from the gunboats."
They are Forts Jackson and St. Philip.
(b) Battle of Cold Harbor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
(May 31--June 12, 1864; is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army; Strength 108,000 [Grant] v 59,000 [Lee]; Casualties and losses 1,844 killed, 9,077 wounded [Grant] v 83 killed, 3,380 wounded [Lee])
Quote: " Despite its name, Cold Harbor was not a port city. It described two rural crossroads named for a hotel located in the area (Cold Harbor Tavern, owned by the Isaac Burnett family), which provided shelter (harbor) but not hot meals. Old Cold Harbor stood two miles east of Gaines' Mill, New Cold Harbor a mile southeast. Both were approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond. The intersection was important because from there Grant could attack either Lee's army or the city of Richmond, and it was also the intersection through which reinforcements would arrive after sailing up the Pamunkey River.
Again, Old and New Cold Harbor were names of two crossroads/intersections.
--