Veterans Day: “I Saw The Soldiers Come Today”
Happy Veterans Day to our readers and authors who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Thank you for carrying on the legacy of the defending our nation and all that we hold dear. Wishing you a safe and patriotic day! Just a few photos of Civil War veterans and some flag-inspired poetry to start […]
Read more...Shooters Before Tooters
By Stephen Davis and Bill Hendrick Editor’s note: Steve Davis and Bill Hendrick have written The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War, under contract with the University of Tennessee Press. Bill ranges widely among Civil War newspapers, and found the following article in the Winston-Salem (NC) Western Sentinel of April 3, 1863. Steve has […]
Read more...“Were you ever at Camp Moore?” – Louisiana’s Largest Training Camp – Part II
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sheritta Bitikofer… Part II of II…see Part I here Though it wasn’t the only training camp in southeast Louisiana (Chalmette and Benjamin/Jerusalem, among others) Camp Moore continued to be a major hub for troop movements until nearly the end of the war. When the Federals were advancing upon […]
Read more...“Were you ever at Camp Moore?” – Louisiana’s Largest Training Camp – Part I
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sheritta Bitikofer… Part I of II…see Part II here Nestled deep in the woods of St. Helena Parish, along the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, seventy-five miles north of the famous Crescent City, and near the town of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, sits what remains of the largest Confederate training […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 11/9-11/15/20
In your opinion, who was the better general? George B. McClellan or Ambrose Burnside. Why?
Read more...Week In Review: November 2-8, 2020
Spent the week keeping up with the news and might have missed some blog posts? No worries! We’ve got the week in review for you with a full selection of historical politics, cinema-worthy moments on the Mississippi River, biographical reflections, and more. Lots of history to explore… Monday, November 2: Question of the Week highlighted […]
Read more...Weekly Whitman: Ashes of Soldiers
Whitman included this in his “Songs of Parting” collection. It was originally published in Drum-Taps in 1865 and can be found in earlier prose forms in an assortment of places. He did not only write about Union soldiers, although he is best known for his dedication to the men of the Federal Army. Ashes of […]
Read more...Could McClellan Have Been Someone Other Than McClellan?
Today is November 7, the anniversary of Little Mac’s final removal from command of the Army of the Potomac in 1862. I’ve been thinking about George McClellan lately, spurred by some writing I’ve been doing about him for an upcoming book as well as because of a remark made almost in passing in an audiobook […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Maine’s Historical Survey for Preservation
Battlefields need preserving, but so do sites or buildings in the hometowns where Civil War soldiers hailed from…and here’s some interesting news from the homefront in the far north. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission and several other organizations have launched their routine, five year study to help identify new and continuing preservation projects in the […]
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