Week In Review: November 9-15, 2020
Lot of great content this week, including several new historic site videos! Monday, November 9: Question of the Week addressed Army of the Potomac leadership in November 1862. Guest author Sheritta Bitikofer shared Part 1 of her research on Camp Moore, Louisiana’s largest training camp.
Read more...Weekly Whitman: “America”
Walt Whitman himself reads this short poem, caught for posterity on a wax cylinder.
Read more...Why Rivers Posed Such Problems in the East
I had the privilege of doing a program with my ECW colleague Bert Dunkerly for Richmond National Battlefield today at the Jericho Mills battlefield along the North Anna River. Bert is a ranger at Richmond and was kind enough to invite me along to help show off a portion of the battlefield not open to […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Fort D Historic Site Completes Renovations
Earlier this month, the Parks & Recreation Department of the city of Cape Girardeau in Missouri announced the completion of renovations at Fort D Historic Site. The new roof, flagpole and sign have been installed, and a small ribbon cutting ceremony brought new spotlight to the site with Civil War history. Last year, the site […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Facebook LIVE Along the North Anna
Join ECW historians Bert Dunkerly and Chris Mackowski for a Facebook LIVE history chat from the Jericho Mills battlefield along the North Anna River. Bert is a ranger with Richmond National Battlefield, which is hosting the event, and ECW has the privilege of serving as co-host! The North Anna River represented Robert E. Lee’s last […]
Read more...“Shooting The Christmas Turkey”: Another Look at Slavery, Expansion, & The 1848 Election
There’s nothing quite like a 19th Century political cartoon. I stumbled across this one a week or two ago on the Library of Congress website and it was an interest reminder of 1840’s political events leading to the Civil War. Depicting candidates and pundits of that era as characters at a turkey shoot, the artist, […]
Read more...“Songs, Statues, and Solutions”: Monuments, Driving Old Dixie Down, and Social Justice
Believe it or not, I always enjoy the chance to talk about Civil War monuments. It’s a difficult topic to talk about because emotions on all sides often get in the way of rational discussion—but that’s exactly why I feel an obligation to try and talk about them. Conversation is key. Next week, I’ll have […]
Read more...Book Review: Patriots Twice: Former Confederates and the Building of America after the Civil War
Luckily for readers, Stephen M. Hood is a good writer. He is a collateral descendant of Confederate General John Bell Hood and takes his self-imposed charge to restore his ancestors’ good name and those of other Confederates very seriously. Patriots Twice goes a long way in that direction. Many of the men who served in the Confederate […]
Read more...ECW Symposium 2021: Early Bird Tickets Available
As you’ve probably seen, we had to reschedule the Emerging Civil War Symposium this year due to health and safety concerns. Many of the registered guests decided to roll their tickets to 2021 since we’ll be hosting the same theme and planned symposium in 2021. If you’ve kept your ticket and rolled it to 2021, […]
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