New Edition of Antebellum Novel Explores Race Relations in the North
by ECW Correspondent Amelia Kibbe Megan Walsh first read Frank J. Webb’s The Garies and Their Friends while riding the transportation system in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the setting for Webb’s 1857 work. As she traveled the streets just blocks away from the described location of the Garie family home, Walsh became fascinated with the novel. […]
Read more...Lincoln’s Message To The Army
What did President Lincoln have to say to his soldiers after the Battle of Fredericksburg? We dug into the ECW archives and found Chris Mackowski’s post from 2013 to answer the question. Here’s the original article, recounting Lincoln’s Dec. 22, 1862, circular: A Post-Fredericksburg Message From Lincoln To The Army
Read more...Stonewall Jackson’s Last Words
One of the most common questions I get when I’m on the road, sharing the story of The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson with Civil War roundtables, concerns Jackson’s last words. Jackson had spent the afternoon of May 10, 1863, fading in and out of consciousness, in and out of delirium, and at one point started […]
Read more...Symposium Early-Bird Price Extension
We are pleased to announce that we have extended the early-bird ticket pricing for the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. You now have until December 31, 2016 to purchase your early-bird tickets for this exciting event. Early-bird tickets are just $110.00 a piece. After December 31, 2016, the price increases to […]
Read more...McElfresh Maps the Civil War in Watercolor
by ECW Correspondent Amelia Kibbe Along the east side of North Union Street, one of the busiest streets in the small city of Olean, New York, in the back part of the first floor of an old, six-story building sits the office of the McElfresh Map Company. Inside the office, among plenty of book, papers, […]
Read more...The Straight Poop: Pushing Interpretive Boundaries
If you follow Civil War Trails on Facebook you may have seen a recent post about poop. Yes. It’s true. I hesitated making the initial post for a few days. I even checked with some of my board members to make sure I wasn’t crossing a line and that my job would be intact after […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 12/19-12/25/16
If you could spend the holidays at a Civil War headquarters or encampment, whose would you choose? Why?
Read more...Binge Watch the 2016 ECW Symposium
Can’t get enough of Emerging Civil War? Well, you are in luck. C-SPAN will be airing the programs of the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge this week. All episodes will air on C-SPAN 3. Check out the programming information below. And don’t forget that tickets are available for the Fourth Annual […]
Read more...Civil War Trust Announces Two Big Successes!
This past week, the Civil War Trust announced two preservation victories. Their first announcement was an update on the expansion of Petersburg National Battlefield.
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