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[Plan of Fort Powhatan.]: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps


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This is an 1865 American Civil War manuscript letter and map of Fort Powhatan, Virginia, written by Abraham Slack, a member of the 38th Regiment, New Jersey Infantry. Consisting of three handwritten pages and a map on a single folded sheet. Slack wrote the letter to his son, John William Slack (1850 - c. 1910). In the letter, Slack describes Fort Powhatan in detail, expresses sympathy for desperate condition of the Confederate forces (and families) across the river, details recent military actions, and advises his son on matters of household management.
The MapThe map is oriented toward the northeast with James River filling the upper half. Wilson s Landing, the site of an important battle at the beginning of the 1864 Overland Campaign, is labeled in the upper right. Fort Powhatan or Fort Pocahontas, situated forty-five feet above the river, overlooks the James from the south. Within the fort, Slack identifies the battery, magazine, company living quarters, th ....

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John Reeves's Blog - Five Myths About Ulysses S. Grant


Later, there would be false rumors of drinking and accusations of incompetence. When the Rebels attacked early that Sunday morning on April 6, 1862, they found the Union troops under Major General Ulysses S. Grant unprepared. Somehow Grant, who wasn’t on the battlefield during the initial attack, miraculously avoided what appeared to be a certain defeat. Despite winning a hard fought victory, Grant was lucky he wasn’t cashiered by his superiors after the bloody Battle of Shiloh, which one historian described as “the first great and terrible battle of the Civil War.”
Grant’s performance at Shiloh is a perfect illustration of the difficulties in assessing the man. He seemed to be unforgivably caught by surprise during the first day of the battle. Rumors circulated that drunkenness explained his absence from the battlefield that crucial morning. And yet, his calm leadership during the day and his determination later that night to carry on the next m ....

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