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Review—The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution
Richard Slotkin. The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2012. 478 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, chronology. ISBN 978-0-87140-411-4. $32.95 Richard Slotkin’s new history on the Antietam Campaign, The Long Road to Antietam, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Antietam, Battle of Antietam, Book Review, Civil War, Civil War books, George McClellan, Revolution, Richard Slotkin, Robert E. Lee
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Pick number four on my Top 10 List: Mr. Lincoln’s Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady by Roy Meredith.
The last time I visited my mother, I looked in vain for my father’s copy of Mathew Brady’s photographs. I know they were in a book with a blue cloth cover, and that my dad had it for as long … Continue reading
Why Do We Remember What We Remember? Richard Kirkland as the “Angel of Marye’s Heights”
Fredericksburg is a largely unmonumented battlefield. The most prominent monument on the southern end of the field is the “Meade pyramid” largely inaccessible to most visitors; besides that the remains of earthworks stand as a testament to what once occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 2nd South Carolina, Antietam, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Fredericksburg, Collateral Descendents of Richard Kirkland, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Joseph Kershaw, Kirkland Monument, linkedin, Marye's Heights, Meade Pyramid, Memory, monuments, National Civil War Museum, Richard Kirkland, Richard Rowland Kirkland Memorial Foundation, South Carolina, Sunken Road, Virginia
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Pick number three in my Top 10 List: A set of maps
The third book, or books, every Civil War buff needs on the bookshelf is a good set of maps. These are invaluable–nothing less. They give form to the function of a campaign or battle and, depending on your choices, can … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Preservation, Sieges
Tagged Antietam, atlas, Ball's Bluff, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Bloody Angle, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski, Elmer Ellsworth, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Gettysburg, maps, Shiloh
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Question of the Week #3
“Which battle was more of a turning point in the war in the east, Antietam or Gettysburg?”
Posted in Battles, Question of the Week
Tagged Antietam, Gettysburg, Question of the Week
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Antietam, October 3, 1862
The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, but sixteen days later bodies, now in a terrible state of putrification, were still lying on the ground. Every battle since Bull Run had increased the number of casualties, and … Continue reading
Lincoln’s most inelegant writing—and most important
One-hundred and fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It would go into full effect on January 1, 1863. While Lincoln’s intent was unmistakably noble—and incredibly politically shrewd—the words of the Proclamation appear to be … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics, Slavery
Tagged Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln, slavery
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The Fallen Generals of Antietam
On September 17, 1862, outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, and along the banks of Antietam Creek, Union and Confederate soldiers fought, bled, and died. That early autumn day is still the bloodiest single day—with 23,000 Americans as casualties—in American … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged Antietam, Antietam National Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Hagerstown, Connecticut History in Bronze and Granite, Connecticut Monuments, George B. Anderson, Hagerstown, Isaac Rodman, Israel Richardson, Joseph Mansfield, Lawrence Branch, Maryland, MD, William Starke
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Antietam—Phase Three: The Lower Bridge
The Lower Bridge
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Photography
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Antietam, Burnside's Bridge
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Antietam—Phase Two: The Sunken Road
The Sunken Road
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Photography
Tagged Antietam, Bloody Lane, Sunken Road
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