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Book Review: The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg
The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg. By James Gindlesperger. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2023. Softcover, 222 pp. $24.99. Reviewed by Peter Miele In my office library, I boast two full shelves of Gettysburg narratives, followed by a half shelf of Gettysburg reference books. Here resides Brad Gottfried’s Brigades at Gettysburg, John Busey’s These Honored […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: The Medal of Honor Valor Trail
Last week the American Battlefield Trust announced the creation of the Medal of Honor Trail, in collaboration with their partner the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The trail will tell the stories of Americans who have won the Medal of Honor. The Media of Honor is the highest award that the nation bestows of a […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Memorial Day 2021 at the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center
For our readers in the Western Theater or those traveling to the region for Memorial Day Weekend, check out the special events at the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The events will be highlighting themes of patriotism, service, and sacrifice from all eras of American combat. Of particular interest for the […]
Read more...National Medal of Honor Day
Today is National Medal of Honor Day, and if you haven’t seen the American Battlefield Trust’s latest edition of Hallowed Ground, which focuses on the Congressional Medal of Honor, you need to check it out. Thanks to my longtime partner in crime, ECW co-founder Kris White, who was heavily involved in the project, I had […]
Read more...From the ECW Archives: Creating the Medal of Honor
March 25 is Medal of Honor Day. When the Civil War began, the U.S. military had few medals or awards to recognize bravery or exemplary conduct. General George Washington created the Purple Heart in 1782 to recognize “singularly meritorious action;” a Certificate of Merit recognized bravery under fire during the Mexican-American War, but it did […]
Read more...One Medal of Honor Too Many at the Breakthrough
There are a few corrections I would make to a revised version of Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg. Consider this a “setting the record straight” in the case of Sergeant Wesley Gibbs, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, who was a deserved recipient of the Medal of Honor, though not for the battle stated on his citation.
Read more...A Second Medal of Honor: Thomas Ward Custer at Sailor’s Creek
The scene about to play out was one that had become all too familiar in recent days. Union cavalry squadrons were preparing to assault an enemy position. An artillerist recalled that it was “the grandest sight he had ever witnessed.” With bugles blaring, the blue troopers quickened their pace from a trot to a gallop, […]
Read more...Three Medals of Honor and the Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester fought on June 13-15, 1863, did not conclude with a fine victory moment for the Union army under General Robert H. Milroy. The majority of his soldiers surrendered and their army’s demise opened the doors toward the Potomac for Lee’s advancing Confederates. However, that did not mean the Union defenders […]
Read more...The Fourteen Medals of Honor at the Battle of New Market Heights
Today is the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of New Market Heights, an action in a larger series of battles that made up Ulysses S. Grant’s Fifth Offensive during the joint Siege of Petersburg and Richmond. New Market Heights is north of the James River, and thus, on the operational level, the responsibility for attacking […]
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