Category Archives: Memory

Traveling to Gettysburg: Pt. 1

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Daniel Welch

In a time when it seems that the whole world is quarantined, everyone is stuck at home, and traveling is almost certainly out of the current realm of possibilities, cases of cabin fever are bound to increase. Here in Youngstown, … Continue reading →

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The Hero & The Ghost: An Account of a Divided Family

Posted on March 21, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes David T. Dixon When the Civil War splits a Georgia family, a returning veteran secures his legacy and helps to bury shameful secrets for future generations… Connor Wright remembered that he was eleven years old when he watched … Continue reading →

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We All Want to be a Little Irish Because of the Civil War

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

St. Patrick’s Day is the one day of the year everyone wants to be Irish. I can’t blame them. My Polish last name, Mackowski, belies the Cawley and Dempsey in me, so few people realize I’m Irish—but it’s there aplenty, … Continue reading →

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BookChat with Brian Matthew Jordan, editor of The War Went On

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

Our Emerging Civil War colleague Brian Matthew Jordan has a new book hitting the shelves: The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans. The book is a collection of essays Brian co-edited with Evan Rothera (both of … Continue reading →

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“The First Blood Spilt to Freedom”: Dangerfield Newby, the Boston Massacre, and Crispus Attucks 250 Years Later

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Kevin Pawlak

Every quest for liberty has its first martyr. Two-hundred and fifty years ago this evening, the cause of American liberty gained its first five when British soldiers fired on a crowd of Bostonians in an event immortalized as the Boston … Continue reading →

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ECW Podcast “Ulysses S. Grant: In Memoir & Memory” Is Now Available

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Chris Mackowski and Nick Sacco from Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site had an enlightening conversation about a certain Union general and how he wrote his memories and then has been remembered. This recording is available to all subscribers at … Continue reading →

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CW & Pop Culture: Breaking Down the “Truths” of The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Posted on February 4, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes Nick Sacco. He’s authored an essay about Grant’s memoirs for the newest book and is here to share some additional perspective and thoughts… When it comes to biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, few arouse as much debate among … Continue reading →

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Honoring General Milton S. Littlefield: The Right Thing to Do?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Frank Jastrzembski

A few months ago, if I already don’t have enough on my plate, I decided to establish Shrouded Veterans with the goal to properly honor Mexican War and American Civil War soldiers buried in unmarked graves. One of these projects … Continue reading →

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BookChat with Thomas Brown, author of Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Thomas J. Brown, professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Brown is the author of Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America, published … Continue reading →

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CW & Pop Culture: Steve Earle’s “Ben McCulloch”

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Jon-Erik Gilot

I’ve been a longtime Steve Earle fan and I’m here today to share something with you… Steve Earle is cooler than crap. Here’s a guy who cut his teeth in the music business under the tutelage of the great Townes … Continue reading →

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