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Category Archives: Memory
McKinley’s Ride
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Quartermasters don’t usually have their stories spread nationally or warrant monuments, but William McKinley, 25th President of the Unites States, has one at Antietam. There, as a young sergeant, … Continue reading
Civil War Trust Honors Preservationists
Several weeks ago, the Civil War Trust presented several awards in the field of preservation to groups and individuals that have gone above and beyond to save our nation’s history. Those awarded come from all walks of life and groups … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Awards, battlefield preservation, Civil War Preservation Trust, Civil War Trust, Historic Preservation, Preservation
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The Final Resting Place of Lee’s “Old Warhorse”
Gainesville, Georgia, a town of 36,306 people at the last census, sits in North Georgia perched on the banks of Lake Lanier and straddling Interstate-985. Yet, in this Georgia town, lie the remains of James Longstreet, affectionately known during his … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Battle of the Wilderness, Confederate generals, Gainesville, General James Longstreet, Georgia, Gettysburg, Memory, Mexican-American War, Old Warhorse, Republican Party, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, West Point
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Elon Farnsworth: A “What If?” of Gettysburg
154 years after the engagement ended, students and enthusiasts still debate the “what if?” questions related to the Battle of Gettysburg. What if Richard Ewell had captured Cemetery Hill on the first day? What if Meade had withdrawn from the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 15th Alabama Infantry, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Texas Infantry, 1st Vermont Cavalry, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, 5th New York Cavalry, Alfred Pleasonton, Battery E 4th U.S. Artillery, Battle of Hanover, Battle of Hunterstown, Elon J. Farnsworth, Judson Kilpatrick, Samuel Elder
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Remembering Pickett’s Charge
As has become our July 3 custom at ECW, we offer you Faulkner’s famous reflection in remembrance of Pickett’s Charge: For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s … Continue reading
The Killer Angels: Soldiers Of Gettysburg – The Stage Play
On July 2, 1863, Confederate General Longstreet’s divisions swept toward the left flank of the Union line anchored on Cemetery Ridge and resting precariously in the Peach Orchard, Wheat Field, and Little Round Top. As the story goes, Colonel Chamberlain … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Upcoming Events
Tagged Brian Newall, Brock Joseph, California, Civil War on stage, Fullerton California, Gettysburg, history in the arts, James Longstreet, John Buford, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, local theater, Maverick Theater, Michael Shaara, Robert E. Lee, stageplay, The Killer Angels, Thomas Chamberlain
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Book Review: “Confederate Waterloo: The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 and the Controversy that Brought Down a General”
It is difficult to choose a dissertation topic in military history, especially about the American Civil War. No matter how good an idea seems at first, a little digging around and one finds that others have also been intrigued by … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Confederate Waterloo, Gouverneur Warren, Memory, Michael McCarthy, Phil Sheridan. Battle of Five Forks, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Court of Inquiry
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Battle of Kennesaw Mountain & Baseball
On a recent tour of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia, I toured the museum in the visitor center. Near the end of the exhibits was a wall of faces of people who fought at the July 27, 1864 … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, National Park Service, Photography, Western Theater
Tagged 18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) Regiment, 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Abraham H. Landis, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Camp Chase, Commissioner Major League Baseball, Georgia, Kenessaw Mountain Landis, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, major league baseball, Malcolm M. Hornsby, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National Park Service, Rogers Hornsby
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Scattered Across the Earth: Headstones at the Little Bighorn
While tracing my trip to the Little Bighorn last month, I mentioned writing a future post on the headstones throughout the battlefield. Initially placed near the turn of the nineteenth century, many are located where Lt. Col. George Custer’s five … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
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The Genetic Component of Loving History
I am not sure what information you get when you spit into the little plastic container from Ancestry™ other than genetic stuff. Can it also find out where loving history comes from? My test didn’t say anything about that, but … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Holidays, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Memory
Tagged ancestry.com, Facebook, family, Father's Day, History, parents
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