Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “Go home! Not while strength lasted” (Part 10)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 10 of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the chapter notes, just click here for the collection in the archive. This week we are […]
Read more...Week In Review: May 24-31, 2020
From Memorial Day posts to a new series called “Zoom Boom” and new articles about U.S. Grant, we’ve had a full week of new content on the ECW Blog. Here’s a look back at the busy week!
Read more...The Civil War Zoom Boom, part three: The Civil War Roundtable Congress
(part three in a series) Since the COVID-19 lockdown began, Zoom has boomed for the Civil War community, offering buffs a plethora of programs, interviews, and other great content. (And not just the Civil War world, either—take a look at “Rev War Revelry” on our sister site, Emerging Revolutionary War.) Mike Movius, president of the […]
Read more...Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Offers Extra History Through Their New Online Program
During this COVID-19 Crisis, we have been highlighting the efforts of various organizations to offer or re-work Civil War history programs. Here’s the official latest from Central Virginia Battlefields Trust: Recognizing that social distancing has cancelled or altered many plans to explore and experience history and battlefields, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) launched a new, […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: 54th Massachusetts Monument Restoration
Preservation news from Boston this week… And just in time for the anniversary of the 54th Massachusetts’s departure for South Carolina on May 28, 1863. The famed regiment’s monument in Boston is in need of some restoration since over 100 years of expose and water damage has affected the brick core of the large icon. […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Touring Shiloh Battlefield (Virtually)
Wishing to go to a battlefield where General Grant fought after the History Channel’s series earlier this week? How about a two-hour tour with NPS Ranger Stacy Allen at Shioh Battlefield? Good news! You can catch a tour without ever leaving home since C-SPAN recorded this informative, on-site tour in 2012. CSPAN Shiloh Battlefield Tour […]
Read more...19th Century Asymmetrical Warfare: Privateering, the Savannah, and the Enchantress Affair
ECW welcomes back guest author Leon Reed. As early as his inaugural address, Confederate President Jefferson Davis warned the United States, and other shippers of the world, that he intended to authorize privateers, the traditional means of naval warfare engaged in by countries who lacked a strong navy. “In the meantime there will remain to […]
Read more...ECW’s May 2020 Newsletter Now Available
Did you get your May 2020 Emerging Civil War newsletter yesterday? If not, you can read it here. In this issue: Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski reflects on the milestone ECW hit this month: 5,000 posts! We direct our 10 Questions to ECW co-founder Kris White The ECW Bookshelf features volumes by Zack Fry and Brian Matthew […]
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