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Author Archives: Jon Tracey
“Always willing to bear his part of the danger and hardship of his fellow soldiers”: A Story from Winchester National Cemetery
This year, Emerging Civil War is helping to support Wreaths Across America at Winchester National Cemetery through a fundraiser. We are only one week away from an evening virtual program about the cemetery. To whet your appetite for history and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Monuments
Tagged 114th New York, 116th New York, 19th Corps, 8th Corps, Buffalo, Buffalo NY, dependent's pension, Fisher's Hill, Germany, immigrants, pension, Port Hudson, widow's pension, Winchester, Winchester National Cemetery, wreaths, wreaths across america, Wreaths-2022
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Civil War Medicine: John Chase and the Lasting Legacies of Wartime Medicine
Civil War medicine did not exist in a vacuum only on battlefields and in hospitals. It began long before armies met in combat or men became ill; it began in classrooms, books, and lectures as surgeons and doctors learned and … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical
Tagged 5th Maine Battery, amputation, binding-a-nations-wounds, Chancellorsville, East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, John Chase, left-armed corps, left-handed writing contest, Lightner Farm, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Medal of Honor, medicine, Steven's Knoll
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Book Review: The Left-Armed Corps
“I, without lamentation, bear a deep and lasting memento of the war for the Union in the loss of my right arm. … But thank God, our Country is saved.”– Private Henry L. Krahl, 13th US Infantry, October 27, 1865.[1] … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Monocacy National Battlefield
Located just outside the sprawling development around Frederick, Maryland is the green space of Monocacy National Battlefield. Though the park was the site of what could be considered a small engagement in the scale of the war in the east, … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: What If… The Army Medical Museum and Medical Professionalism
With less than three months remaining until our symposium, several of our authors will further explore topics relating to their ‘What If’ theme. Today, Jon Tracey further explores Civil War medicine at the Army Medical Museum… Civil War medicine brings … Continue reading
From Monocacy to Danville: Captured Soldiers of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry
On July 9, 1864, a small United States force under Major General Lewis Wallace faced off against Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley as it pressed onward towards the national capital, Washington D.C. Early’s troops hoped to pressure … Continue reading
Book Review: Slavery: Interpreting American History
In Slavery: Interpreting American History, editors Aaron Astor and Thomas C. Buchanan have compiled an impressive volume that succinctly explores the changing interpretations of slavery. This is not so much a history of American slavery as it is a history … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Slavery
Tagged Aaron Astor, Book Review, gender, historiography, Kent State University Press, resistance to slavery, Slavery, Thomas C. Buchanan, women
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The Contested Origins of Gettysburg’s Virginia Monument
The Virginia Monument, one of the earliest and largest Confederate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield, has a dramatic history. Ever since it was in the earliest phases of proposal, the monument has been a strong symbolic figure and elicited strong … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Primary Sources
Tagged Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee, Virginia Monument
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“Wounded July 1st by a ball:” An Iron Brigade Soldier’s Medical Treatment Record
During the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of soldiers became casualties. Those who survived their wounds long enough to make it to a field hospital received detailed treatment records. These records helped to professionalize American medicine, and taught valuable lessons … Continue reading
Monuments Moved at Gettysburg?: The 15th, 19th, and 20th Massachusetts Infantry
By the end of 1863, the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association began to preserve the sacred soil of the Gettysburg battlefield. As time passed, veterans returned to the field in order to dedicate monuments to permanently tell their stories. Some of … Continue reading
