September 13, 1862: A Foreshadowing of J.E.B. Stuart’s Gettysburg Failure?
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Alexander B. Rossino Major General James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart has been justly criticized for his role in allowing the fateful clash at Gettysburg to occur when neither General Robert E. Lee nor the Army of Northern Virginia were properly prepared. Students of the American Civil […]
Read more...ECW on C-SPAN: Longstreet in the Wilderness
The next installment from the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge airs this weekend on C-SPAN 3. The Battle of the Wilderness and Longstreet’s Counterattack, presented by Kris White, will air Saturday night at 6:00 p.m., Eastern. https://www.c-span.org/video/?413642-2/battle-wilderness-longstreets-counterattack Also, the “Great Attacks” panel will re-airs Sunday at 1:25 p.m. Eastern, and then Monday […]
Read more...For Their Own Cause
Congratulations to ECW’s Kelly D. Mezurek, whose new book, For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops, was released last week by Kent State University Press. The 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), composed largely of free black Ohio men, served in the Union army from April 1864 to September 1865 in Virginia […]
Read more...Longstreet Goes West, part six: Midnight Madness
Part Six in a Series October of 1863 was a lean month for the Union Army of the Cumberland, trapped in Chattanooga. Joe Wheeler’s Rebel cavalry kicked off the month by destroying a Union supply train of nearly 800 wagons on Walden Ridge. Though they were chased off, more trouble lay ahead. Rain fell. Rivers […]
Read more...Mexican-American War 170th: Mexico In The Years Leading Up To The Mexican War (Part 1)
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Ben Allen The origins of the Mexican War go way, way back—farther than most Anglo historians have allowed. Such an expansive timeframe is the best way to understand the political machinations that plagued the Mexican government.
Read more...The Great March From Cumberland Gap
Today in 1862 ended one of the epic marches in American military history, the evacuation of the Union garrison at Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River. The men, 7,000 under Brigadier General George W. Morgan, endured a test not often found in the annals of the United States Army. What they achieved is on a par […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Maryland Heights Overlook (Harpers Ferry, WV)
With cooler weather and autumn foliage on the way, it might be a good time to break-out your hiking boots, if you like to explore history in the great outdoors. How about a hike to see this view?
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