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Category Archives: Personalities
Creamer, Please. No Sugar
I had an idea the other day, and acted on it! I sort of made a “coffee run,” if you will . . . ——- Starbucks Customer Service / PO Box 6363 / Dover, DE 19905-6363 Meg Thompson / Hollister, CA 95023 / July … Continue reading
“I want the American flag!”—Manning Force and the Battle of Atlanta
Conclusion of a two-part series After their hard fight the previous day, the men of Manning Force’s brigade still had a lot of work to do when they awoke on Friday, July 22. They had slept amongst the casualties from … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Armies, Battles, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, John Bell Hood, Patrick Cleburne, Medal of Honor, William T. Sherman, Atlanta Campaign, Manning F. Force, Bald Hill, Manning-Force-series
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Biggest Federal Blunder
One morning in September 1942 Colonel Leslie Groves was walking in an empty hallway of the House of Representatives office building when he met General Brehon Somervell who almost immediately transformed the Colonel into “the angriest officer in the United … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: In the Footsteps of Nullification with John C. Calhoun
Many historians have traced the roots of the Civil War back to the Nullification Crisis of 1832, triggered by South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification. The ordinance contended that a state had a right to ignore a Federal law if it … Continue reading
Today is the Day
July 17, 1864. Davis had had it. He had given Confederate Joseph E. Johnston every chance possible. He had sent General Braxton Bragg down to Atlanta to personally check out the situation of the Army of Tennessee, he had thought … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Johnston, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, President Jefferson Davis, William T. Sherman
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John Tyler: The Brief Civil War Career of Virginia’s Elder Statesman
The grave of James Monroe sits in a cage on the crown of a knoll in Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery. The ornate metalwork that holds him in looks like an oversized birdcage, although whether it’s to keep grave robbers from plundering Monroe’s sarcophagus … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Hollywood Cemetery, James Monroe, John Tyler, secession
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Ryan Quint and the Monocacy 150th
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the battle of Monocacy—”The Battle that Saved Washington.” How appropriate, then, that we use the opportunity to welcome Ryan Quint to our regular cast of ECW contributors. Ryan started guesting with us last year … Continue reading
Wade Hampton in Charleston
I’ve just returned from a week in Charleston, South Carolina, where my wife and I spent out honeymoon. It’s tough to vacation in the Cradle of Secession without wanting to totally geek-out on Civil War history—yet I promised Jenny I’d … Continue reading
A Little Poetry
Sometimes in the middle of all the carnage, a little poetry helps to clear one’s vision. After all, the American Civil War was about some pretty defining things, a few of which are still undergoing examination.
Posted in Books & Authors, Civilian, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged American Civil War, Crisis Magazine, James Weldon Johnson, poetry, WEB Dubois
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