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Cattaraugus County Memorial Preservation Update
It’s been a while since we brought you an update regarding the preservation battle to save the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in Little Valley, New York. You can get caught up on the story in some earlier posts written by our editor and blogger Chris Mackowski. I recently “sat down” over email with […]
Read more...The Men of Cattaraugus County: Why They Fought
Last week, I mentioned a rather sick-to-my-stomach turn of events in Cattaraugus County, New York (where I teach). County legislators want to demolish the Civil War memorial in order to put in a parking lot. In my open letter to the legislators, I made mention of some of the men from Cattaraugus County who’d enlisted […]
Read more...Recruiting The Regiment: The 154th New York—A Regiment That Wasn’t Meant To Be
ECW welcomes Mark H. Dunkelman I’ve spent the past sixty years tracing a Civil War regiment that wasn’t in the plans. Had certain circumstances not occurred, the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry would not have been raised—and the lives of its 1,065 members (not to mention my life a century-plus later) would have been drastically […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) Launches Inaugural Newsletter
Just this week, the Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) group launched their inaugural newsletter! Established in 2014 to save the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in Little Valley, New York, CAMP is built of passionate preservationists that we have featured before here on Emerging Civil War. For more information on their mission and work, […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: How One Group of Passionate Preservationists Saved a New York Civil War Memorial
In 1914, over two hundred Union veterans gathered in Little Valley, New York for not only their annual reunion, but to dedicate their community’s newest Civil War memorial. A two-story octagonal structure made of brick, wood, and plaster, the beautiful memorial was finally constructed after a five-year fundraising effort. It was the county’s most significant […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Nov. 6-12
There is a touch of November chill in the air but Emerging Civil War remains busy. Our series Battlefield Markers and Monuments came to a conclusion and we also had another series on the experiences of a New York officer at Spotsylvania. We also had a major announcement regarding the Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium (Early Bird […]
Read more...McElfresh Maps the Civil War in Watercolor
by ECW Correspondent Amelia Kibbe Along the east side of North Union Street, one of the busiest streets in the small city of Olean, New York, in the back part of the first floor of an old, six-story building sits the office of the McElfresh Map Company. Inside the office, among plenty of book, papers, […]
Read more...Good News from Western New York
For those who’ve been following the ongoing story in Cattaraugus County New York…. The county legislature met this afternoon to vote on the final fate of the county’s Civil War Memorial and Historical Building. According to local preservationist Tom Stetz, the motion to demolish the building failed.
Read more...Historic Preservation Crisis in Western New York
ECW is pleased to welcome historian Mark Dunkelman, although we wish he was bearing better news. Mark reached out this weekend regarding ongoing efforts in Cattaraugus County, N.Y. to preserve the Civil War Memorial and Historical Building, erected by the county’s Civil War vets—and unfortunately, the news wasn’t good. On December 3, representatives from Citizens Advocating […]
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