Category Archives: Campaigns

Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following the Path of Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg.

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Robert Lee Hodge

This post continues my story of following Law’s Brigade and delves into the unit’s background. Joe Loehle and I were at our starting off point, Raccoon Ford, where the area had layers of historical depth. We were where Evander McIver … Continue reading →

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The New Market Campaign Timeline – Expanded

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

These resources are a companion to my upcoming presentation at the Symposium this morning. Instead of confining the New Market Campaign to just the Shenandoah Valley, we need to understand it with all it’s “lesser known” actions and how this … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (conclusion)

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part six of six We’ve been talking this week with Philip Gerard, author of The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). During the course of my conversation with him, one thing theme that has … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part five)

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part five of six Good storytelling can get at aspects of history that can otherwise end up overlooked. Yesterday in our conversation with writer Philip Gerard, he talked about the importance of that in his new book, The Last Battleground: … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part four)

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part four of six Philip Gerard says “North Carolina has this sort of schizophrenic personality as a state.” In yesterday’s segment about his book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019), he talked about … Continue reading →

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“Best Little Book on Barnard”

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Historical Publications LLC of Charleston, S.C. is proud to announce publication of its new paperback, 100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign author by our own ECWer Stephen Davis. Steve writes that Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner and Timothy O’Sullivan are … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part three)

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part three of six We’re talking this week with author Philip Gerard about his new book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). Chris Mackowski: You mention in the foreword of your book that … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part two)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part two of six Yesterday, we began a conversation with author Philip Gerard about his excellent new book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). “I started out knowing pretty much nothing about the … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part one)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part one of six Before the Civil War finally marched with Sherman’s columns into the Old North State, North Carolina had already been deeply affected by the war. Likewise, it made its own influence strongly felt beyond its own borders. … Continue reading →

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Change is in the wind

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Dave Powell

Army of Tennessee, General Orders No. 1: July 18, 1864. Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee: “Strap in. Things are going to change!” Signed, Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding. With those stirring words, the burden of command of the Confederacy’s … Continue reading →

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