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Pittsburgh’s Forgotten Civil War Treasure
When pondering the history of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first thing that springs to mind is generally not the city’s involvement in the American Civil War. Although the state hosted the most famous battle of the war, Pittsburgh seemingly stood … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Preservation, Upcoming Events
Tagged 102nd Pennsylvania, 112th Pennsylvania, 149th Pennsylvania, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Allegheny Arsenal, Ambrose Burnside, Andersonville, Andrew Carnegie, Battle of the Wilderness, Carnegie Free Library, Cold Harbor, Fort Pitt Foundry, G.A.R., Gettysburg, Grand Army of the Republic, john hunt morgan, Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Thomas Espy, Walton Dwight, William Lea
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In Memory of Harry Pfanz
The Civil War community lost a giant late last month. Harry Pfanz, former chief historian for Gettysburg National Military Park, passed away on January 27 after a long illness. He was 93. (Read his obituary in The Gettysburg Times.) Few … Continue reading
Announcing Revolutionary War Wednesdays!
History can resemble the peeling of an onion. There are multiple layers, each one resting on top of each other and, when peeled back, can provoke an emotion—anger, happiness, empathy, or a score of others. Like an onion, that … Continue reading
Class of 1842
When reading a biography of a Civil War general officer, the usual biographical sketch is: West Point Military Academy educated, Mexican War experience, volunteer organization command in early stages of the war, and then the rise through the general officer ranks. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Army of Virginia, Cadmus Wilcox, Chancellorsville, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Corinth, D.H. Hill, Dabney Maury, Darius Couch, David R. Jones, Earl Van Dorn, Gabriel Rains, George H. Gordon, George McClellan, George Pickett, George Stoneman, George Sykes, George W. Rains, Gettysburg, Gustavus W. Smith, James Oakes, Jesse Reno, John Adams, John Foster, John Gibbon, John Newton, John Pope, Lafayette McLaws, Mansfield Lovell, Martin L. Smith, Napoleon Dana], Robert E. Lee, Samuel Maxey, Samuel Sturgis, Seth Williams, Stonewall Jackson, West Point Class of 1842, West Point Class of 1846, William Gardiner, William S. Rosecrans
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What Are We Remembering at Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day?
For the past decade I have either participated in and or viewed Gettysburg’s annual Remembrance Day Parade. To honor President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and those that gave their “last full measure of devotion,” Gettysburg has two different, annual events. Commemorating … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged Gettysburg, living history, Memory, Parade, reenacting, Remembrance Day
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On the First Day of Christmas . . . The Gift of War Part III
Nothing says Holiday Cheer like an indoor fir tree filled with armaments of war. Or commanded by war leaders. Or bedecked in battle flags. Nothing, I tell you. And it can all be yours with some carefree shopping on your … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, amazon Prime, Chamberlain, Christmas, Christmas ornament, Civil War Christmas, Civil War tree ornaments, Elmer Ellsworth, Gettysburg, Jefferson Davis, Joshua Chamberlain, National Park Service, NPS, Robert E. Lee, Sesquicentennial, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant
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The 3rd Maine at Gettysburg
Today, we’re pleased to welcome guest author Anthony Trusso. Although the 20th Maine Infantry gets a lot of attention for its actions at Gettysburg, due mostly to its prominence in the 1993 film Gettysburg, other regiments from the Pine Tree … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged 10th Alabama, 11th Alabama, 3rd Maine, Berdan's Sharpshooters, Cadmus Wilcox, Gettysburg, July 2, Moses Lakeman, Pitzer's Woods
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Howard on the Hill
For all the flak he gets, Oliver Otis Howard still cuts a striking figure on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg.
Hood Remembered: A Wounded Warrior
It is not two years since the sight of a person who had lost one of his lower limbs was an infrequent occurrence. Now, Alas! there are few of us who have not a cripple among our friends if not … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged aftermath of battle, amputations, Battle of Gettysburg, civil war dearhs, Confederate army, Confederate veterans, disabled Civil War veterans, emergency amputations, General Hood, Gettysburg, Hood, Hood-Remembered, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, medicine, Memory, Oliver Wendell Holmes, prosthetics, Sally Preston, Union veterans, veterans' benefits Civil War, wounded warriors
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Money vs Memory
Editor’s Note: ECW is committed to historical preservation. Although Chris Kolakowski reacts to an instance related to a different war, this is something of concern to the general preservation community, so we’re pleased to bring it to our readers’ attention. … Continue reading
