Fall of Tallahassee
Horses’ hooves could be heard pounding the dirt roads outside of town accompanied by the dust clouds associated with it. Brigadier General Edward McCook and his five staffers came trotting in Tallahassee, Florida, the capital of the state. The next day McCook and entourage was joined by elements from the 2nd Indiana and 7th Kentucky […]
Read more...Honoring Uncle John
I can’t let today pass without a tip of my hat to “Uncle John” Sedgwick, killed on this day in 1864 at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Read more...Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “I Give Him Into Your Special Charge” (Part 7)
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 7 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...Saving History Saturday: Historic Photograph Collection Moves To Tufts Archive
What happens to historic photographs after they have digitized? Where do they preserved and saved? The answers vary, of course, but last week Tufts Digital Collections and Archives announced a partnership with the Medford Historical Society and Museum to save and safety store thousands of Civil War images. It’s good news for New England and […]
Read more...The Battle of McDowell
I can hardly imagine the boom of cannons echoing off the mountains. Stonewall Jackson had perched atop the peaks southeast of town and dared Federal forces under Robert Milroy to attack him. Milroy, fanned across the valley below, gave it his best shot, but the terrain worked against him from the beginning. Why he thought […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: U.S.S. Cairo at Vicksburg (Virtually)
Let’s head into the Civil War’s western theater from the safety of our digital devices this weekend! Vicksburg National Military Park has created a virtual tour of the USS Cairo, completely with a close up examination of the history and artifacts in the exhibit.
Read more...FREE ECW Podcast: Jackson’s Wounding
Chris Mackowski, Rob Orrison, and Kris White have been preparing a surprise! There’s a new ECW Podcast episode about “Stonewall” Jackson’s wounding on the night of May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville. And it’s available for FREE. Just head over the Emerging Civil War Patreon page, visit the post, and listen or download as you wish. […]
Read more...Civil War Trails: St. Mary’s County Maryland
When is the last time you took a journey to South-Eastern Mainland Maryland? Start planning your trip today as you imagine what life could be like outside of quarantine. Amongst all of the rural beauty of Southeastern Maryland, we think that St. Mary’s County should be your first stop.
Read more...A Video Tour of Longstreet’s Wounding
Today, May 6, was the anniversary of James Longstreet’s accidental wounding—at the hands of his own men—during the battle of the Wilderness. I took the time today to walk the ground. Join me in this video tour from the ECW YouTube page:
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