“Hey, General Burnside, why don’t we just wade across?”
Kris White’s excellent series on the bombardment and looting of Fredericksburg brings to mind one of the most enduring misunderstandings about the battle. The story goes like this: The Union army, trapped on the north side of the Rappahannock River, waiting in vain for pontoon boats to arrive, could’ve easily waded across just north of […]
Read more...Not for Gain or Glory: The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Aldie
Anyone who resides or has visited Northern Virginia around Washington D.C. is familiar with Route 50. Of the many roads in the area, it is one of the most traveled and congested. In fact, many commuters go out of their way to avoid it both in the morning and in the afternoon. Traveling west on […]
Read more...Duty on Hatteras Island: No Vacation
The Outer Banks of North Carolina have become a popular resort area attracting thousands of vacationers each summer. It is the remote island atmosphere of ocean, sand, wind and surf that draws them to these barrier islands. The very things that attract present-day visitors are the very things that caused both Confederate and Union soldiers […]
Read more...Emerging Civil War Welcomes Author Mike Stevens!
We are happy to welcome Dr. Mike Stevens as an author at Emerging Civil War. Mike has been a pillar in the Virginia preservation community for the last 15 years. Mike currently serves as President of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust. Below is a letter from the author. Welcome Mike! Many thanks to Kris and the […]
Read more...Thought for the Day
“We who work for historical agencies do not own the sites. We are trustees for them. They are ours to restore and manage and interpret because earlier generations saved them for us; so we, in turn, have an obligation to future generations who have an equal claim to that heritage. Our trusteeship places upon us an ethical commitment […]
Read more...Remembering 9/11 and the Lesson of Antietam
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, many people spent the weekend declaring, “We should never forget.” Of course, we never should forget the tragedies of that day and the lessons we’ve learned as a result. But I can’t help but think, as passionately as people demand and promise remembrance, that we, as a […]
Read more...Emerging Civil War Welcomes Drew Pullen
We’re excited to welcome Drew Pullen to the fold of writers here at Emerging Civil War. Drew is the author of several beautiful volumes about the Civil War on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, including Portrait of the Past: The Civil War on Roanoke Island, Portrait of the Past: The Civil War on Hatteras […]
Read more...Week 3 and Upcoming!
We had another great week here at Emerging Civil War. Keeping with our mission to bring you diverse topics and explore new ideas, Chris Mackowski took us to the often-overlooked Outer Banks of North Carolina. Kristopher D. White offered us Part 3 of his “Bombardment and Looting of Fredericksburg” series. White also posed the question, […]
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