Visiting the Stuart Monument at Yellow Tavern
Today, 152 years ago, Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown “JEB” Stuart was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Stuart died the following day in Richmond. Unfortunately, very little of Yellow Tavern remains today. It has been obliterated by interstates and modern development. A monument, however, stands near the spot where […]
Read more...Civil War Echoes: O Canada!
With the recent controversy involving O Canada in the NBA news, it might be of interest to our readers to note that the song is an echo of the Civil War. The song itself dates from 1880, when it was commissioned for Ste. Jean Baptiste Day in Quebec. Its lyrics (in French) came from Sir Adolph-Basile […]
Read more...Written Words: “The General Died”
The casket was closed. Upstairs, Dr. McGuire and some of the other officers slept – or pretended to slumber. The candle flickered. He paced across the room and back, his boots echoing hollowly. General Lee knew. The Virginian governor knew. He had told them. The heart-stopping news would be sweeping through the army by now – […]
Read more...An Interview with Pulitzer Finalist Brian Matthew Jordan (part one)
part one of three In April, the Pultizer Prize committee announced its winners for 2016. This year’s winner for history was Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles. But on the list of finalists was Emerging Civil War’s Brian Matthew Jordan, whose book Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil […]
Read more...In Memory of Uncle John
Read more...ECW Welcomes Dwight Hughes
Dwight Hughes has been treating ECW readers to a lot of great naval history in his guest posts here, so we thought it was about time to say, “Welcome aboard!” Dwight graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967 with a major in history and government. He served twenty years as a Navy surface warfare officer […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 5/9-5/15/2016
What are your thoughts on the “proposed” fee increase at Gettysburg National Military Park? (Increases to museum/Cyclorama admission, the David Wills House, Eisenhower National Historic Site, and Licensed Battlefield Guide Tours.) Click here for more information.
Read more...Mexican-American War 170th: The Battle of Palo Alto
Following Cpt. Seth Thornton’s ambush in late April, both armies along the Rio Grande prepared for the war that, as of yet, still remained undeclared. Events were transpiring too quickly for word to get back to Washington, D.C. or Mexico City, so responsibility for decisions came to rest on the Zachary Taylor and his […]
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