Under Fire: Conclusion
Wow! This series ran nearly a month, and so many great accounts and perspectives were shared by ECW authors and guest authors over the last few weeks. Thank you to all the writers and to all the readers and commenters for helping to create this special series as part of the 160th Anniversary of the Civil War.
If you missed posts in the series or if you want a quick reference with all the links for the future, here’s the list:
First Experiences Under Fire: An Introduction
Under Fire: “A Scene of Consternation and Confusion” according to Sam Watkins
Under Fire: A Bullet and Blood at Bull Run
Under Fire: “Death waited often at our door”
Under Fire: Is Past Always Prologue?
Under Fire: The Regiment & The Youth
Under Fire — Feeling Something Warm: A Gunner on USS Congress in the Battle of Hampton Roads
Under Fire: First Ironclad Shots at the Head of Passes
Under Fire: “Till My Heart Sickens and War Is Not Glorious” — John Pelham at First Manassas
Under Fire: “You Did Not Wear The Marks Of The Muddy Trenches”
Under Fire: “The Yanks on Top of the Hill North of the Creek Saw Us and Began Shooting Cannon at Us”
Under Fire: Just Before the Battle Mother?
Under Fire at Ball’s Bluff: “You Have Established Your Reputation”
Under Fire: Battlefield Guide Map for the Charge of the First Maine Heavy Artillery
Under Fire: Question of the Week: 10/25-10/31/21
Under Fire: Mark Twain’s Experiences in the Confederate Militia
Under Fire: The 17th Maine in “the immediate presence of death”
Under Fire: “I never witnessed a battle field before”
Under Fire: The Knoll of the 60th Ohio at Spotsy
Under Fire – ECW BookChat: A Fine Introduction to Battle by Joe Owen