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Monthly Archives: December 2012
1862: Year of Emancipation
The United States did not enter the Civil War with the intent to destroy slavery. However, by the end of the war in 1865 slavery had been dealt its death blow. 1862 proved a critical turning point in the process … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Civil War Events, Politics, Slavery, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Benjamin Butler, Robert E. Lee, slavery, Emancipation Proclamation, Battle of Fredericksburg, George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Gideon Welles, Fort Monroe, John Pope, Fugitive Slave Law, Edwin Stanton, Battle of Antietam, emancipation, Confiscation Act, contraband, Second Confiscation Act, Lincoln's Cabinet, Preliminary Proclamation
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The Battle of Stones River: The Slaughter Pen
The Slaughter Pen Stones River National Battlefield
The Battle of Stones River: “The nation could scarcely have lived….”
With the Emancipation Proclamation set to go into effect on January 1, 1863, and the Army of the Potomac still in ruins after its humiliating defeat on the heights beyond Fredericksburg, Virginia, President Abraham Lincoln desperately needed a victory. Major General … Continue reading
The Sesquicentennial of Stones River
Don’t forget the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Stones River, going on now in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The battle itself took place Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863, but 150 years ago right now, the armies were moving into position. For more … Continue reading
A Chicken Couldn’t Live on That Field…..
Confederate guns on Marye’s Heights loom over the town of Fredericksburg and the pain below… See more photography from Kathleen Logothetis
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, linkedin, Logothetis-Photos, Marye's Heights, Photography
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Pick #6 in the Top Ten: The Life of Billy Yank & The Life Of Johnny Reb, by Bell I. Wiley
No Civil War bookshelf is complete without at least one (preferably both!) of these: The Life of Johnny Reb and The Life of Billy Yank. For anyone who has wondered what it may have been like to serve in a … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Memory, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Bell Wiley, Billy Yank & Johnny Reb
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Voices from a Wartime Christmas
With little commentary or ado, I simply wish to offer you the thoughts, emotions, and memories of Christmas as experienced by some of those mired in the throes of Civil War 150 years ago.
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Holidays, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry, 150th Christmas, 1st North Carolina Infantry, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, 3rd Ohio Infantry, 61st Illinois Infantry, Adam De Gurowski, Christmas, Confederate War Department, Falmouth, Frederick Lyman Hitchcock, James Madison Stone, John Beatty, John Beauchamp Jones, Leander Stillwell, Louis Leon, Louisiana, Richmond, Sarah Morgan, Sarah Morgan Dawson
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all the writers here at Emerging Civil War!
Merry Christmas from Lexington
I unexpectedly found myself in Lexington, Virginia on Saturday evening (long story!). I thought I’d share a couple snapshots to help folks get into the holiday spirit.
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Holidays
Tagged Lexington, Stonewall Jackson, Virginia Military Institute, VMI
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Mercy
For more on the Kirkland Story, see my previous post See more photography from Kathleen Logothetis
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Kirkland Monument, linkedin, Logothetis-Photos, monuments, Photography, Richard Kirkland
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