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Don Troiani (born 1949) is an American painter whose work focuses on his native country's military heritage, mostly from the American Revolution, War of 1812 and American Civil War. His highly realistic and historically accurate oil and watercolor works are most well known in the form of marketed mass-produced printed limited-edition ...
Sanders attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1852 to 1856, but was not an outstanding cadet, graduating 41st in his class. West Point Superintendent Robert E. Lee wrote a May 1854 letter announcing Sanders' dismissal, but he managed to avoid dismissal with the help of the U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.
Sanders' Knoxville Raid (June 14–24, 1863) saw 1,500 Union cavalry and mounted infantry led by Colonel William P. Sanders raid East Tennessee before the Knoxville campaign during the American Civil War. The successful raid began at Mount Vernon, Kentucky and moved south, passing near Kingston, Tennessee.
Time-Life Books, The Civil War series (27 Volumes) – Researcher, writer, and adviser, 1983-87. Voices of the Civil War series (18 Volumes) – Researcher, writer, and consultant, 1995-98. "An Illustrated History of the Civil War: Images of an American Tragedy" – Co-author, with William J. Miller, 2000.
[7] This phrase gave title to a painting by Civil War artist Don Troiani that depicts Ellis and the 124th at Gettysburg. [8] By all accounts, Ellis was brave and cool during the fighting. He remained in the saddle, sword drawn, urging his men to stand firm among the extreme chaos and smoke of the fighting.
United States flag with 35 stars, as it appeared after the admission of West Virginia in 1863 until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York, that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army during the American Civil War.
Fort Sanders was a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie. Originally named Fort John Buford , it was renamed Fort Sanders after General William P. Sanders , who died at the Siege of Knoxville during the American Civil War .
William David Sanders (1951–1999), American teacher and victim of Columbine High School massacre; William Edward Sanders (1883–1917), New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient in World War I; William Joseph Sanders, American vertebrate paleontologist; William P. Sanders (1833–1863), officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War