Comments on: #28 – Col. Israel B. Richardson http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-4071 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:58:50 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-4071 I have had a draft on Meigs written for quite awhile and haven’t had a chance to get back to it. Meigs made quite an impression on Richardson and Hunt at BR, prompting both men to recommend that he be immediatley commissioned though he was still a cadet. He returned to the academy, and got close to being expelled in fact. But he was something of a wunderkind.

]]> By: cenantua http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-4069 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:44:10 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-4069 Meigs was buried initially in Oak Hill Cemetery, and later removed to Arlington. The monument to Meigs in Arlington makes quite an impression on the viewer (well, it did on me).

]]> By: Done, but Not Done-Done « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-3614 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:22:27 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-3614 [...] may have inferred from the reports of Richardson and Davies that there was something hinky with Miles’s behavior on the 21st.  He was [...]

]]> By: Lee’s Real Plan Update « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-3195 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:56:39 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-3195 [...] of the 30 pounder Parrott rifle that opened the First Battle of Bull Run; and hopefully a bit on Cadet John Rodgers Meigs.  The interview with Jake Pierro is on hold.  He’s a little under the weather; I wish him a [...]

]]> By: Mike Peters http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-3166 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:48:54 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-3166 Harry,

Looking forward to your Meigs the younger post.

Mike

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-3165 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:08:32 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-3165 Don,

Yes, it is the famous John Rodgers Meigs, killed (or murdered, if you prefer) in the Valley in 1864. Meigs is also mentioned in Hunt’s report. I’m working on a post on Meigs the younger, and it will be up within the week (I hope). But in brief, Meigs returned to West Point and graduated first in the class of 1863. He is buried at Arlington.

]]> By: Don http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/29-col-israel-b-richardson/#comment-3164 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:57:12 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-3164 Harry,

I’m pretty sure the Cadet meigs that he mentions as an aide is the same son of Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs killed the following year. Another of those little connections that we’re always noticing.

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