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On the Little Bighorn
This morning, bright and early, I arrived at the Little Bighorn. As I walk up from the Visitor Center to Last Stand Hill, one of the first things that grabbed my attention were the white marble markers scattered across the landscape. Placed in 1890, they represent where an individual trooper from the 7th U.S. Cavalry […]
Read more...Book Review: The Battle of Little Bighorn: A New Appraisal
The Battle of Little Bighorn: A New Appraisal. By Wendy Ann Wallace. South Yorkshire: GB: Pen and Sword Military, 2023. Hardcover, 280 pp. $42.95. Reviewed by Dan Davis In the summer of 1874, an expedition by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry explored the Black Hills, part of the Great Sioux […]
Read more...Memorial Day at the Little Bighorn
It is Day 2 at the Little Bighorn and Memorial Day. I started the morning by walking through the National Cemetery. A number of notable individuals are buried there, including Major Marcus Reno, several of Custer’s Indian scouts and Captain William Fetterman, among others. One of the more fascinating stories of the cemetery revolves around […]
Read more...A Conversation with Dave Roth (part four)
(part four in a five-part series) I’ve been talking this week with Dave Roth of Blue & Gray Magazine. After a 34-year career as editor and publisher, Dave wrapped up the magazine’s run this past spring. Earlier this month, Emerging Civil War recognized his decades of work by naming him the recipient of the Award […]
Read more...“To Hell or Richmond”—By Way of Alexandria
ECW welcomes back guest author Paula Tarnapol Whitacre In their recent Emerging Civil War book on the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, To Hell or Richmond, Doug Crenshaw and Drew Gruber describe “one of the largest operations launched by the Union in the Civil War.” General George McClellan devised an operation to transport the Army of the […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: James Hessler
Welcome back to a new installment of our 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight as we continue announcing the speaker list! This week we feature public historian and author, James Hessler.
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry
by Daniel T. Davis I’ve always been fascinated with George A. Custer. As a second grader, I watched the film They Died With Their Boots On. While far from historical fact, it appealed to my imagination. When Kris White and Chris Mackowski launched Emerging Civil War, it was a foregone conclusion that my first post […]
Read more...Fallen Leaders: George Custer and the Question of Leadership
Over the past month, we have read many stories about fallen leaders of the American Civil War. We have mostly looked at those who have lost their lives in the midst of battle or its aftermath. However, a sometimes-forgotten fallen leader of the Civil War is George Armstrong Custer. This individual, who should be addressed […]
Read more...The William Belknap Impeachment – Some Historical Background
When American author Mark Twain referred to the postbellum United States as living through a ‘Gilded Age’ he almost certainly had in mind the excesses exhibited by men like William Belknap, whose term as Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant ultimately exposed the rot of political cronyism and the failures […]
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