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Author Archives: Derek Maxfield
ECW Weekender: Paying respects to Confederate POWs in Indianapolis
On a recent flying visit to Indianapolis, I had the opportunity to visit Crown Hill Cemetery. Established in 1863, at the height of the Civil War, this Victorian burial ground was modeled after the garden cemeteries of the 19th century … Continue reading
Book Review: Lincoln and Native Americans
Of all aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, one of the least considered is his policy toward Native Americans. His tenure, was, of course, dominated by the Civil War – and yet an examination of the rail-splitter’s attitudes towards Indigenous Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Book Review, Indian Territory, native americans
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A Riverside View from Donelson
A great view of the Cumberland River from the upper river batteries at Fort Donelson National Battlefield Park, near Dover, Tennessee, captured by Ulysses S. Grant in February 1862. The great Union victory also gave Grant a new nickname, “Unconditional … Continue reading
Rudely Stamp’d: Emory Upton Featured in a New Play
Rudely Stamp’d, a roving theater company that produces history-themed plays, recently performed their newest production “Brothers at Odd’s: The Brisbane Story” in Batavia, NY, after Derek Maxfield was commissioned to write and direct the play for the Landmark Society of … Continue reading
Civil War Song Pulls the Heart’s Strings
You know your Civil War library is significant when you are browsing for something and come across an item or items you had completely forgotten about. Such was the case when I stumbled upon a two-volume set – The Union … Continue reading
Santa in Camp
One of my Christmas traditions is to read The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum – a fine book by a great historian. But this season, I have been enjoying Santa Claus: A Biography by Gerry Bowler. A cultural historian … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
Tagged Christmas, Civil War Christmas, Harper's Weekly, Santa Claus
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Man of Fire
Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War is expected out in Spring 2022. Finding Sherman in a Ford I, of course, never met William Tecumseh Sherman – and yet I know him. This feeling is borne of … Continue reading
The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Hellmira
Making of Hellmira not so Hellish Having grown up just thirty miles from Elmira, it is easy for me to sympathize with John R. King—a Confederate prisoner of war who was incarcerated at the POW camp along the banks of … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Maxfield, ECWS-Series, Elmira, Hellmira, John R. King, Man of Fire
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Sherman in the Days Before Disunion
As the dark clouds of war gathered in early 1860, William Tecumseh Sherman’s career took yet another turn. He was called by old army friends like Braxton Bragg and P.G.T. Beauregard to become superintendent of the Louisiana Seminary of Learning … Continue reading
Book Review: The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman By Brian Holden Reid Oxford University Press, 2020 $34.95 Reviewed by Derek D. Maxfield There is no shortage of biographies of William Tecumseh Sherman. Although Civil War studies are seemingly … Continue reading
