Christmas 1863: “So Good-bye Homesicknesses”
This week I looked at some excerpts from Elisha Hunt Rhodes’s Civil War journal and found some interesting happenings in this Union soldier’s Christmas 155 years ago. Winter quarters, re-enlistment, patriotism, and Christmas made their way into his writings at the end of December, providing some enlightening reading about the holidays in the camps during […]
Read more...The Patriotism of the 170th…
I’ve always been fascinated with the Ohio National Guard “100 Days” men who were called into service in the spring of 1864 to guard the forts, bridges, blockhouses and railroads, thereby freeing up veteran regiments for the summer campaign. The important contributions of the regiments are often overshadowed by the hard fighting veteran regiments east […]
Read more...ECW Welcomes Jon-Erik Gilot
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Jon-Erik Gilot as a new member and author! In the coming months, he will helping with some special projects behind-the-scenes in the ECW digital archives and, of course, sharing his research and blog posts. Jon-Erik has been an ECW fan since its beginnings, carefully following the blog and […]
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