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1862: Year of Emancipation
The United States did not enter the Civil War with the intent to destroy slavery. However, by the end of the war in 1865 slavery had been dealt its death blow. 1862 proved a critical turning point in the process … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Politics, Sesquicentennial, Slavery
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Benjamin Butler, Confiscation Act, contraband, Edwin Stanton, emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, Fort Monroe, Fugitive Slave Law, George McClellan, Gideon Welles, John Pope, Lincoln's Cabinet, Preliminary Proclamation, Robert E. Lee, Second Confiscation Act, slavery, William H. Seward
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The “Other” Lee
Mention the surname “Lee” to a Civil War enthusiast or quite possibly any American that sat through a high-school American History class and the name Robert E. Lee is the first one given in reply. Ask that Civil War enthusiast … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Antietam, Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Battle of Ezra Church, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Spring Hill, Battle of Tupelo, Bennett House, Charleston Harbor, Charleston South Carolina, Fort Sumter, Frank Cheatham, John Bell Hood, Joseph Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Park Service, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peninsula Campaign, Second Manassas, Stephen Dill Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Vicksburg, William T. Sherman
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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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Question of the Week for Dec. 11, 2012
What was the superior defensive position: the Sunken Road at Antietam, the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg, or the Sunken Road at Shiloh?
Focusing on Dunker Church
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A Homecoming from Antietam 147 Years Late
We get the question all the time: Are there soldiers still buried on the battlefield? And we answer them: Maybe. Technically the dead buried on the field were cared for in post-war efforts to locate, identify, and reinter them. During … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Antietam Cornfield, Antietam National Battlefield, Battle of Antietam, Civil War Reenactors, Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, linkedin, Maryland National Guard, Mourning, National cemeteries, New York Military Museum, New York National Guard, New York Soldier, Patriot Guard Riders Association, Siena College, Ulysses S. Grant, unknown burials
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Antietam National Cemetery
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Leading to Antietam
Antietam National Battlefield has been abustle all week in preparation for this weekend’s commemorative activities surrounding the sesquicentennial of the battle. The NPS and several partner organizations have an impressive slate of events planned. Things get underway the morning of … Continue reading
