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Book Review: From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War
From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War. By Edward A. Altemos. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2023. Softcover, 424 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Tim Talbott Capt. Alfred Lee of the 82nd Ohio Infantry wrote to the Delaware, Ohio Gazette soon after the battle of Chancellorsville, blaming […]
Read more...BookChat: From the Wilderness to Appomattox by Edward Altemos
The 15th New York Heavy Artillery regiment saw its initial service in the Wilderness as part of Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign. Author Edward “Andy” Altemos has written a new history of the regiment, From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New Your Heavy Artillery in the Civil War (Kent State, 2023). I recently had […]
Read more...Book Review: A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerrillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865
A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerrillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865. By Zack C. Waters. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 259 pp. $39.00. Reviewed by Patrick Kelly-Fischer Zack C. Waters’ latest work, A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerrillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865, is a detailed addition to the relatively narrow body […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Preservation Organizations and Citizens Appeal Wilderness Crossing Development
In late May the American Battlefield Trust, together with local nonprofits and private citizens filed a legal challenge in Orange County VA., against an over 2,600-acre development adjacent to the Wilderness Battlefield. The proposed development would include residential, commercial, and industrial development that could include data centers and distribution warehouses. The filing, made in Orange […]
Read more...The Wilderness in Seattle
“Luxury at the edge of the Wilderness” the sign proclaimed. It hung from the side of a building next to my harborside hotel in Seattle, inviting motorists to image themselves away from the traffic. A woman on horseback, wearing a cowgirl hat, rides through soft sunlight—a more inviting alternative than the bumper-to-bumper cars along Westlake […]
Read more...Wilderness Battlefield Coalition to Host Town Hall Meeting
Wilderness Crossing Town Hall Locust Grove Middle School 6368 Flat Run Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 October 25, 2022 @ 6 p.m. For over 10 years, a coalition of historic preservation organizations, Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), and the National Park Service has worked to raise awareness and concerns about threats to the Wilderness Battlefield. Recently, the […]
Read more...What if Longstreet hadn’t been wounded in the Wilderness?
On May 7, 1864, Robert E. Lee made one of his most critical decisions of the entire Overland Campaign: who to promote to take the place of his wounded Old Warhorse, James Longstreet. Longstreet was caught in the middle of a friendly fire incident early on the afternoon of May 6 (see yesterday’s post for […]
Read more...Grant’s 200th Birthday…In The Wilderness
Did you see Chris Mackowski’s videos for Grant’s 200th Birthday this week? They are on Emerging Civil War’s Facebook page, and now we’ve got links to share here on the blog.
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