2022 ECW Symposium Early Bird Ticket – $200.00
ECW Archives
-
Recent Posts
- A Scene of “Horrible Barbarity”
- Was it really Chancellorsville? Exploring Details in The Red Badge of Courage
- Under Fire: “I never witnessed a battle field before”
- What Happened to Henry Fleming? Exploring Details in The Red Badge of Courage
- ECW Announces Garry Adelman as Keynote Speaker at 2022 ECW Symposium
Search by Post Categories
Subscribe BY RSS
Email Subscription
Category Archives: Memory
Echoes of Reconstruction: Misusing the History of the Civil War Era in Drafting Alabama’s Constitution
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Usually we think of the study of history as a good starting point for the drafting of new laws. This is especially true when a state adopts a … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 15th Amendment, Alabama, Alabama Constitutional Convention, Alabama state constitution, Columbia University, Dunning School, Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, Fifteenth Amendment, John Knox, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Redeemers, The Reconstruction Era Blog, United States Colored Troops, USCT, white supremacy, William A. Dunning
5 Comments
Under Fire: “You Did Not Wear The Marks Of The Muddy Trenches”
In May 1901, veterans of the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery journeyed to Central Virginia, returning to the battleground at Harris Farm, north of Spotsylvania Court House. Thirty-seven years early these men had come under battle fire for the first time, … Continue reading
A Close Brush With History—UWF History Trust’s Black Politicians Exhibit
It was recently announced in the last Emerging Civil War newsletter that I’ve taken on a part-time position with the University of West Florida’s Historic Trust in Pensacola, Florida. I had begun volunteering in their Collections Department – and diversifying … Continue reading
Posted in Material Culture, Memory, Politics, Preservation, Reconstruction, Ties to the War
Tagged Archives and Collections, artifacts, Black Politicians, civil war memory, Ku Klux Klan, Material Culture, Museum Exhibit, Pensacola Florida, Pensacola History Museum, Racial hate Groups, Reconstruction, Southern memory, UWF Historic Trust
1 Comment
In Memoriam: R.L. Murray
Last Saturday R.L. Murray passed away. Our readers may recognize his name from the New Yorkers In The Civil War Series, which he put together through his publishing house Benedum Books in Wolcott, New York. (A sample of R.L.’s books … Continue reading
William Gaston Lewis
Another installment of the “Tales From the Tombstone” series. Been a hiatus, I know. Recently though, my career afforded me the opportunity to travel a bit, moving from one national park site to another. I was able to chart a … Continue reading
Precedents from the Civil War Era for Another President
April 14, 1865, and November 22, 1963 were days of tragedy. Unsuspecting presidents shot by unsuspected assassins. On that 1865 night, the sixteenth president attended a play at the theater and as laughter rang out the murderer fired a shot … Continue reading
Looking Back, Looking Forward
ECW welcomes guest author Mike Busovicki All warriors want to know their efforts were not in vain and the deprivations they endured were worth the outcome. As the Civil War metamorphosed into a great insatiable beast, devouring ever more resources, … Continue reading
A Young Woman in Washington State Upholds the Legacy of Union Army Veterans in 1914
ECW welcomes back guest author Richard Heisler Ester Boyer was a schoolgirl just 15 years of age living in Washington State in 1914. Miss Boyer lived a bit northwest of Seattle in the small town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island. She … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Newspapers
Tagged Flags, Memorial Day, Richard Heisler, Seattle, Union veterans, Washington State
4 Comments
In Memory of ECW’s Friend Jon Maiellano
I heard on Wednesday that 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, a startling statistic that brought to mind Joseph Stalin’s infamous alleged quote, “a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged COVID, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Jon Maiellano
9 Comments
