Civil War History and the Dallas Museum of Art: The Bugler
American Civil War soldier? In the European art gallery at the Dallas Museum of Art? No…
Read more...The Four-Legged Veteran of 18 Battles
The Library of Congress online archive has this photographic treasure: And here’s a transcription of the photo’s description printed on the back of the image:
Read more...Civil War History & The Dallas Museum of Art: Five Boys on a Wall
Eastman Johnson is one of my favorite American 19th Century artists, and I was thrilled to see that the Dallas Museum of Art had one of his works. “Five Boys on a Wall” was created in the 1870’s and shows youngsters in various poses, but looking as if they have just been called since they […]
Read more...Registration Closes Soon for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust’s Conference
As Executive Director of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT), I’d like to extend a personal invitation to our 25th Anniversary Conference, October 8-10, 2021. (Registration closing on October 1!) We are celebrating our past 25 years of preserving land at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House and looking to the future, adding […]
Read more...September 2021 ECW Newsletter Now Available
The September issue of the Emerging Civil War newsletter went out today. Did you get your copy? In this issue:
Read more...Civil War History & the Dallas Museum of Art: Lady Godiva
“That has to be an 1860’s statue,” I thought as the hairstyle of the marble woman caught my eye. Her dress was not Civil War era, though, and not really Greco-Roman classic as if she was a goddess of liberty, so I read the descriptive sign. Lady Godiva. Um, okay, who was she? And is […]
Read more...“I’m so glad I came:” an Arkansan at the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion
ECW welcomes guest author Jeff T. Giambrone From June 29 – July 6, 1938, Union and Confederate veterans met at Gettysburg for one last great reunion. These aged veterans, most of them over ninety, walked the fields of Gettysburg, serving as a tangible reminder of the war that nearly tore the nation apart 75 years […]
Read more...Civil War History & the Dallas Museum of Art: The Icebergs
(A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas. While wandering through the galleries, I kept finding interesting pieces of art with ties to the Civil War. Some pieces were created or displayed during the war years, others have ties to the war because of the artist […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 9/27-10/3/21
Last week we asked about grumpy commanders, so let’s change to the opposite side: In your opinion, who was the most positive leader during the Civil War? Why and do you think his optimism well founded or naïve?
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