Monthly Archives: January 2013

Stories in Stone: 11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

The 11th PA monument is one of several standing in a long line along Oak Ridge, not far from the Peace Light at Gettysburg.  From the road, it looks like a typical monument with a bronze soldier standing upon a … Continue reading →

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Review: Wilderness by Lance Weller

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

No Civil War battlefield offers a writer more metaphoric possibility than the Wilderness. Not only was the Wilderness a virtually impenetrable second-growth forest—“the dark, close wood” and “one of the waste places of nature,” as soldiers called it—but the very … Continue reading →

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Stories in Stone Series

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

When you walk or drive around a battlefield what do you see?  Usually fields, trees, fences.  Peaceful landscapes sometimes dotted with historic (or modern) structures.  And monuments.  Monuments are a defining feature of battlefields today.  Whether big or small, simple … Continue reading →

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Winter at White Oak Church

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Between the ill-fated campaigns of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the Union Army of the Potomac spent the winter months of 1862-1863 encamped across the whole of Stafford County, Virginia. There are countless landmarks noted in the diaries, memories and letters of … Continue reading →

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Joseph Hooker: The Administrator

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Over the weekend, the 150th anniversary of Joseph Hooker’s appointment of command of the Army of the Potomac passed. The mere mention of Joseph Hooker in relation to the American Civil War quickly conjures up the Battle of Chancellorsville and … Continue reading →

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There Stands….

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

See more photography from Kathleen Logothetis

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Specimen Days (The Inauguration) by Walt Whitman

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

  March 4th.–The President very quietly rode down to the Capitol in his own carriage, by himself, on a sharp trot, about noon, either because he wish’d to be on hand to sign bills, or to get rid of marching … Continue reading →

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Snow Covered Yet Not Forgotten

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

During the recent Christmas holiday I had the chance to stop by Antietam National Battlefield on the way to visit family. I have been to Antietam numerous times, but never have I had the chance to see it snow-covered. The … Continue reading →

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Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front Update!

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

For those of you looking forward to Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863; you can now pre-order the book through Savas Beatie’s website. (Click here to pre-order.) Below is the book description from … Continue reading →

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Update on the 4th New York Artillery

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

One of my first posts here at the Emerging Civil War Blog was about damage done to the 4th New York Light Artillery Monument near Devil’s Den on the Gettysburg Battlefield. On a visit this fall I was happy to … Continue reading →

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