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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Focusing on Dunker Church
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We Would Like to Hear from You!
As you may already be aware, our authors write to their current research, likes/dislikes and the timing of the year. With this said, we would love to hear what interests you as a reader. What battles, leaders, topics fire your … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
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Site Update
We all wanted to keep everyone in the loop. We have been working hard on some great new research, as well as some upcoming posts. As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg approaches, our authors have been putting … Continue reading
Question of the Week #1
This week starts a new feature at Emerging Civil War. A Question of the Week will be posted every Monday. Questions will vary week to week, topic to topic. Please feel free to post your thoughts, comments and responses. Through … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Question of the Week
Tagged George McClellan, Question of the Week
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Lincoln’s most inelegant writing—and most important
One-hundred and fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It would go into full effect on January 1, 1863. While Lincoln’s intent was unmistakably noble—and incredibly politically shrewd—the words of the Proclamation appear to be … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics, Slavery
Tagged Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, slavery
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Quote of the Day
I recently came across a quote from a Veteran of the Indian Wars. I think it fits appropriately into this week on the blog of observing the 150th Anniversary of Antietam. The quote is original; I have not attempted to … Continue reading
A Homecoming from Antietam 147 Years Late
We get the question all the time: Are there soldiers still buried on the battlefield? And we answer them: Maybe. Technically the dead buried on the field were cared for in post-war efforts to locate, identify, and reinter them. During … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Antietam Cornfield, Antietam National Battlefield, Battle of Antietam, Civil War Reenactors, Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, linkedin, Maryland National Guard, Mourning, National cemeteries, New York Military Museum, New York National Guard, New York Soldier, Patriot Guard Riders Association, Siena College, Ulysses S. Grant, unknown burials
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The Fallen Generals of Antietam
On September 17, 1862, outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, and along the banks of Antietam Creek, Union and Confederate soldiers fought, bled, and died. That early autumn day is still the bloodiest single day—with 23,000 Americans as casualties—in American … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged Antietam, Antietam National Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Hagerstown, Connecticut History in Bronze and Granite, Connecticut Monuments, George B. Anderson, Hagerstown, Isaac Rodman, Israel Richardson, Joseph Mansfield, Lawrence Branch, Maryland, MD, William Starke
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Antietam National Cemetery
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Antietam—Phase Three: The Lower Bridge
The Lower Bridge
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Photography
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, Burnside's Bridge
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