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The Gettysburg Campaign: Cavalry Actions in the Loudoun Valley
The coming week will commemorate the 154th anniversary of the cavalry battles of Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, all part of the Gettysburg campaign. These fights were particularly important as they were a series of engagements that kept the Federal cavalry from … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation
Tagged Aldie, Alfred Pleasonton, Daniel Butterfield, George Meade, JEB Stuart, John Buford, Last Road North, Loudoun Valley, Middleburg, Upperville
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Dan Welch: Interpreting Stonewall at Second Manassas
The concentration of this year’s ECW Symposium will examine great defensive stands of the American Civil War. The multi-day event will look at numerous commanders, command decisions, and battlefields along the way, including both theaters of the conflict. For me, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, John Pope, Manassas National Battlefield, Prince William County, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Symposium 2017, Symposium Spotlight 2017
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Help Save Three Virginia Stations: Bristoe, Trevilian, and Reams
The Civil War Trust needs your help to protect hallowed ground at three different battlefields: Bristoe Station, Trevilian Station, and Reams Station. To find out how you can help preserve this ground for future generations, read the Trust’s announcement regarding … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation
Tagged Battle of Trevilian Station, battlefield preservation, Bristoe Station, Bristoe Station Campaign, Civil War Battlefield Preservation, Civil War Trust, Preservation, Ream's Station
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ECW Weekender: In the Steps of Lee to Gettysburg—Culpeper
The town of Culpeper is one of central Virginia’s most historic towns. The area around Culpeper saw more marching, fighting and camping during the Civil War than any other area in the nation. Its location south of the Rappahannock River … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Campaign Begins
By the time the Gettysburg campaign began 154 years ago tomorrow, Robert E. Lee, vaunted commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, had been preparing his army for weeks. Lee had much to do. Following the army’s victory at Chancellorsville … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Western Theater
Tagged A.P. Hill, Battle of Brandy Station, Brandy Station Virginia, cavalry, Culpeper, Culpeper Court House, Culpeper Virginia, General Joseph Hooker, Gettysburg Campaign, James Longstreet, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign
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Does That Star-Spangled Banner Yet Wave?
I must admit, they sat breathless as I spun the tale about two young men aboard the ship HMS Minden, traveling from Baltimore under a flag of truce to see if they could free their friend Dr. William Beanes from … Continue reading
Bivouacs of the Dead
When touring battlefields on my own or leading a group, I always try and stop by the cemeteries that are there – both to meet the men but also to reflect on the events. I try to do this whether … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Lincoln, Memory, Mexican War, Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Belgium, Bivouac of the Dead, Burma, cemeteries, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg Address, In Flanders Fields, India, John McCrae, Kohima, Mexican War, Mexican-American War, National cemeteries, The Bivouac of the Dead, Theodore O'Hara, World War I, World War II
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From Champion Hill
In honor of the Civil War Trust’s announcement that it has preserved more land at the Champion Hill battlefield, site of the largest battle of the Vicksburg campaign.
Preservation Success at Champion Hill Battlefield
Earlier this month, the Civil War Trust, along with the National Park Foundation and HTR Foundation joined together to announce the protection of a portion of the Champion Hill battlefield, the largest battle of the Vicksburg Campaign. The announcement comes … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged battlefield preservation, Champion Hill, Civil War Trust, HTR Foundation, National Park Foundation, Preservation
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A Tale of Two Monuments
This small stone marker sits at the foot of a low ridge just outside of the very sleepy burg of Resaca, in north Georgia. In mid-may, 1864, Resaca was little more than a railroad stop and a fortified camp to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Cleveland, Memory, monuments, Resaca
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