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Category Archives: Leadership–Confederate
Book Review: Custer’s Gray Rival
Biographies abound of the Confederacy’s more well-known cavalry officers, especially J. E. B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest. But similar works detailing the lives of the next tier of Confederate cavaliers are less easy to find. Sheridan R. Barringer’s Custer’s Gray … Continue reading
Fact vs Interpretation at the Bloody Lane
There is a movement afoot to reinterpret key parts of the Maryland Campaign. In some cases, battlefield interpretation is being changed or removed based on new sources and/or new perspectives. I am all for reexamining history based on new or … Continue reading
“Be Not Ashamed To Say You Loved Them”
(This blog is in remembrance and in honor of the love between a commander and his men. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13, King James Version.) For … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: P.G.T. Beauregard
Welcome back to our yearly spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2020 Emerging Civil War Symposium. We’ll also be sharing … Continue reading
The Buckner Graves
Last June I visited the graves of Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr and Jr, who are buried with their wives in the Frankfort Cemetery in Kentucky. I blogged about both men before here.
Symposium Spotlight: A.P. Hill
In this week’s Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we welcome Edward Alexander’s look at fallen leader, A.P. Hill. During the chaotic aftermath of the Sixth Corps breakthrough attack outside Petersburg, Virginia, on April 2, 1865, Corporal John Mauk fired at … Continue reading
Podcast Additional Resources: “Chickamauga: Confederate Leadership”
In the latest episode of the ECW Podcast, Dave Powell talked about Confederate leadership during the Battle of Chickamauga. This episode is a companion to his discussion on Union leadership a couple weeks earlier. (This podcast is available to ECW … Continue reading
ECW Podcast “Chickamauga: Confederate Leadership” Is Now Available
Earlier this month, the ECW podcast featured a discussion about Federal leadership at the Battle of Chickamauga. Today, Dave Powell returns to share about Confederate leadership triumph and challenges in one of the great battles in the western theater. This … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Podcast
Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Dave Powell, ECW Podcast, emerging civil war podcast, podcast
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Marching to Fredericksburg via New Market
On one of my research trips to New Market when I was working on Call Out The Cadets, I made the trek to the top of New Market gap in Massanutten Mountian in the Shenandoah Valley. Modern Route 211 crosses … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Fredericksburg Campaign, New Market, Stonewall Jackson
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2020 ECW Symposium Full Line-Up Announced
Welcome back to the first installment of our Symposium Spotlight series for the 2020 Emerging Civil War Symposium. Several weeks ago we announced our theme, “Fallen Leaders of the Civil War,” along with our keynote speaker, Gordon Rhea. Historian Rhea … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Personalities, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Emerging Civil War Symposium, Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, Symposium 2020
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