Tracing the Overland Campaign
Last year, to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the Overland Campaign, ECW did a number of video projects tracing the movement of the armies from the Rapidan River down to Cold Harbor. Some of those projects appeared on the ECW YouTube page; others we did in conjunction with the American Battlefield Trust. If you’re trapped […]
Read more...Morning at Ellwood
It’s the anniversary days for Battle of the Wilderness, and on May 5, the weather was predicted to be exceptionally fine. The result? An early morning trip to the battlefield, a little hiking, and breakfast at a historic house. Ellwood Manor is closed, like the other NPS buildings and facilities thanks to COVID-19. But if […]
Read more...The Confederate “Slave Hunt” and the Gettysburg Campaign
ECW welcomes guest author Cooper Wingert Civil War historians are apt to recite one well-known fact about the battle of Gettysburg—that despite the immense carnage which blanketed the fields outside of the small Pennsylvania borough, the Civil War’s bloodiest battle surprisingly produced just one civilian fatality: Mary Virginia (“Jennie” or “Ginnie”) Wade, a young woman […]
Read more...Maine at War: April 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in April at his blog, Maine at War: April 1: Gettysburg scenes for locked-down Civil War fans With Civil War battlefields currently closed, a photographic stroll across Gettysburg reminds us that better times lie ahead!
Read more...Williamsburg Battlefield: Making Good On A Promise
For three days during the early summer of 2018, I had the honor to deliver a set of tours during the American Battlefield Trust’s (ABT) annual conference. Held in Newport News this event brought together the most dedicated and knowledgeable preservationists together under one roof. Needless to say, the questions and comments that a tour […]
Read more...Getting Un-lost in the Wilderness
As I have gotten older, I have become a much more tactile person when it comes to understanding history. I still greatly enjoy a good book, and sometimes that’s the only way that you can experience it, but it has become more important to me to walk a piece of ground, be able to read […]
Read more...The Battle of Bank’s Ford and a Preview of Gettysburg
May 4, 1863, might have been one of the most frustrating days of the war for Robert E. Lee—no small bar considering some of his other frustrating days. But with the Federal Sixth Corps pinned against the Rappahannock River after its failed attempt to break past Salem Church the previous day, Lee had a golden […]
Read more...“Completely Paralyzed”: Colonel Nelson Miles Wounded At Chancellorsville
When morning came and the Battle of Chancellorsville continued on May 4, 1863, Colonel Nelson A. Miles of the 61st New York Infantry Regiment lay on a stretcher, five miles from the burned Chancellorsville Crossroads. So far, he had narrowly escaped death twice and it remained to be seen if he could defy the surgeon’s […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 5/4-5/10/20
We had such great response last week with the question about brigades, let’s do regiments next. What’s your favorite Civil War regiment? Why?
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