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Question of the Week for March 10, 2014
What is your favorite movie (or mini series) about the Civil War?
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Tagged Gettysburg, Gettysburg the Movie, Question of the Week
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Lewis A. Armistead and the American Civil War
Today we welcome back guest author William F. Floyd, Jr. William worked for forty years for the City of Norfolk. In his retirement, he’s now pursuing the study of history at Tidewater Community College. * * * Lewis A. Armistead was … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged 57th Virginia Infantry, Alexander Hays, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Malvern Hill, George Pickett, George Spangler Farm, Gettysburg, Henry Bingham, James Kemper, John Gibbon, Jubal Early, Killer Angels, Lewis Armistead, Richard Garnett, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Question of the Week for March 3, 2014
What is your favorite spot on the Gettysburg Battlefield to visit?
Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 4: Gettysburg Memories: Field Trip
I’m in third grade. Hershey Elementary School. We all pile onto a row of big yellow school buses that rumble down Route 322 to I-83 to Route 15, which goes southwest from Camp Hill to Gettysburg. This is my introduction … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory
Tagged Gettysburg, gettysburg-memories, Top 15 Posts of 2013
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Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 14: Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Private George Washington Sandoe
George Washington Sandoe was a local of the Gettysburg area, hailing from Mount Joy. Sandoe has the unenviable title of being the first Union soldier killed in Gettysburg. Sandoe was part of Captain Robert Bell’s Company B, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg, 150th Gettysburg, 35th Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, Baltimore Pike, Baltimore Street, Battle of Gettysburg, Company B 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, George Washington Sandoe, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Mount Joy, Mount Joy Lutheran Church, Top 15 Posts of 2013
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Top 15 Posts of 2013—Honorable Mention: Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Stone Quarry/The Capture of James Archer
Brigadier General James J. Archer was a brave and tough commander, with the appropriate nickname “The Little Gamecock”. Archer was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, who threw his hat in the ring the Confederacy. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 150th Gettysburg, Abner Doubleday, Battle of Gettysburg, Dennis Dailey, Edward McPherson Farm, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Heth, Henry Morrow, James Archer, Joseph Davis, Mary Mcallister, Patrick Maloney, Pettigrew's Brigade, Solomon Meredith, Top 15 Posts of 2013
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Top 15 Posts of 2013
From now until the new year we will be running the top 15 posts of 2013 (we will also include some that deserve honorable mentions). We wanted to take a moment and thank all of our readers. From all of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Slavery, Ties to the War
Tagged 11 Corps, Chancellorsville, Gary Gallagher, Gettysburg, hardtack, John Bell Hood, Stafford Court House, Top 15 Posts of 2013, Top Posts of 2013, William T. Sherman, Wisconsin, XI Corps
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Merry Christmas from the Authors of Emerging Civil War
Merry Christmas from all of us at Emerging Civil War. We hope that you have a safe and happy holiday season. Today we will run some of our posts from Christmas past.
Savas Beatie Author Conclave, Day Two: East Cavalry Field
By Sarah Keeney We continued the SB Author Conclave in the afternoon with Eric Wittenberg discussing General Farnsworth’s suicide cavalry charge ordered by General Kilpatrick on the afternoon of July 3 near Big Round Top in which they had no … Continue reading
