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The Season of Battles: Perspectives on the 1863 Campaigns
This year marks the 150th Anniversaries of some of the Civil War’s most iconic engagements. The sesquicentennial of Chancellorsville and Stonewall Jackson’s death has just passed, while the Vicksburg and Gettysburg commemorations are in the future, followed by Chickamauga. Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Chris Kolakowski, George Washington, Gettysburg, Henry Slocum, Jefferson Davis, John Parke, Knoxville, Otto von Bismarck, Philip Sheridan, Port Hudson, Siege of Chattanooga, Siege of Knoxville, Siege of Vicksburg, Stonewall Jackson, Tullahoma, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg
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Essex County’s Native Sons
Approximately 45 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, sits the town of Tappahannock. The name originates from the Algonquian word lappihane (or, it has also been noted, toppehannock). When translated, it means roughly “Town on the rise and fall of water.” The town is better … Continue reading
March-April Presentations
March: 5th, 12th, and 19th: Kristopher White, “Gettysburg: The First Day In-Depth,” at the Community College of Allegheny County (PA) 6th: Chris Mackowski, “Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire,” at the White Plains Civil War Speakers Series, organized by the White Plains (NY) … Continue reading
The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th
Very soon I will leave the warmth of the Sunshine State to head north, bracing myself for the vicissitudes of late winter in March. Fortunately my destination is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania —that compelling beacon to Civil War-era scholars. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg … Continue reading
Update on the 4th New York Artillery
One of my first posts here at the Emerging Civil War Blog was about damage done to the 4th New York Light Artillery Monument near Devil’s Den on the Gettysburg Battlefield. On a visit this fall I was happy to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation
Tagged 4th New York Artillery, Battle of Gettysburg, damaged monument, Devil's Den, Gettysburg National Battlefield, linkedin, monuments, restoration
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Suicide by Union Bullet?: The Cases of A.P. Hill and Richard Garnett
Death is an occupational hazard for the soldier; it is a basic rule of warfare that there will be casualties. Soldiers face death when they enter battle, and accept that they must be willing to die for their country, their … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged "suicide by cop", Ambrose Powell Hill, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Kernstown, Boydton Plank Road, C.S. Venable, civil war casualties, Colonel Palmer, Corporal John W. Mauck, cowardice, Five Forks, Garnett Monument, Garnett's court martial, George Pickett, Gettysburg, gonorrhea, Harry Heath, Hollywood Cemetery, James Longstreet, Jenkins, linkedin, Petersburg, Pickett's Charge, Private Daniel Wolford, Richard Garnett, Richmond, Robert Anderson Bright, Robert E. Lee, Sergeant Tucker, Siege of Petersburg, Stonewall Jackson, suicide, Thomas J. Jackson, Turner Ashby, West Point
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“Whose Father Was He?”: A Father’s Love At Gettysburg
… I got the likeness of the children and it pleased me more than eney thing that you could have sent me how I want to se them and their mother is more than I can tell I hope that … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Newspapers, Personalities
Tagged "Children of the Battlefield", "Hardtack" Regiment, 154th New York, Alice Humiston, American Presbyterian, Amos Humiston, Battle of Gettysburg, Brickyard Fight, Frank Humiston, Freddie Humiston, Gettysburg National Battlefield, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Humiston Children, John Francis Bourns, Kuhn's Brickyard, linkedin, Mark H. Dunkelman, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philinda Humiston, The Homestead orphanage
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Drawing the War, Part Six: Paul Philippoteaux
Part six in a series. The original inspiration for this series of articles was a piece Chris Macowski wrote earlier for ECW about his daughter and a picture by nineteenth century artist Paul Philippoteaux. The article made me think, again, about how … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, drawing-the-war, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Cyclorama, John Gibbon, Oliver Otis Howard, Paul Philippoteaux, Pickett's Charge, Richard Neutra, Thomas Nast, William Tipton, Winfield Scott Hancock, Winslow Homer, Zeigler's Grove
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