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Category Archives: Memory
Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Sean Michael Chick
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Asking if the … Continue reading
Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Robert Lee Hodge
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Of course the … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged Civil War Times, Do-We-Still-Care series, Herbert Butterfield, Jim Webb, Lord Acton, Memory, State Rights
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Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Dwight Hughes
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. The Civil War … Continue reading
Death of a Lieutenant Colonel
The battle of Fisher’s Hill pushed the Confederates under General Jubal Early into a panicked retreat up the Shenandoah Valley, leaving the lower and portions of the middle valley open to Union control and raids. The Rebels had attempted to … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11 and the Lesson of Antietam
As I first explained in 2012, the events of Sept. 17, 1862, and Sept. 11, 2001, have become inextricably linked in my mind. Both involved tremendous loss of life, and both left catastrophic scars on the American psyche. Both left … Continue reading
Gen. Jackson and Mr. Hyde: Which Account of Stonewall Jackson at Harpers Ferry is the Correct One?
On the morning of September 15, 1862, Stonewall Jackson had just completed a profound military achievement. Three separate columns all nominally under his command converged on a single point–Harpers Ferry–nearly simultaneously. They ensnared the Federal garrison positioned around the town … Continue reading
Ursula Le Guin, Huckleberry Finn, and Monument Controversies
In class last week, I was talking with my writing students about assumptions we, as writers, sometimes make about our audiences. (Moral of the story: We, as writers, should not make assumptions about our readers.) For the day’s reading, I … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Confederate monuments, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, monumental-discussion, monuments, Ursula Le Guin
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Grant in Georgetown (part 2 of 2)
part 2 of 2
Posted in Memory, Monuments
Tagged Gary Ross, Georgetown Ohio, Grant Boyhood Home, Grant statue, Grant-statues-in-Georgetown, Ulysses S. Grant
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Grant in Georgetown (part 1 of 2)
part 1 of 2
Question of the Week: 8/19-8/25/19
Last week we noticed an interesting question from one of our readers and thought it would make a great discussion starter: Have your views on aspects of the war changed over the course of your learning? If so, please give … Continue reading
