Category Archives: Monuments

A Casualty at Antietam

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Daniel Welch

The afternoon grew late before the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry finally joined the fray. The battle at Antietam had waged since the early morning hours of September 17, 1863. However, as part of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s IX Corps, the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Meg Groeling

Kevin Levin, a historian, educator, and blogger based in Boston, has waded into this argument keyboard blazing. The first three chapters discuss in depth the definition of a “camp slave.” When a slave-owning family sent one of their men to … Continue reading →

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Ursula Le Guin, Huckleberry Finn, and Monument Controversies

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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Grant in Georgetown (part 2 of 2)

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

part 2 of 2

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Grant in Georgetown (part 1 of 2)

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

part 1 of 2

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A Walk to the Site of Pelham’s Death

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

At the Symposium over the weekend, one of the attendees asked me how to get to the John Pelham marker at Kelly’s Ford. “Keep walking out the trail, and when you think you’ve gone too far, keep going,” I told … Continue reading →

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The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: “What story does the Civil War tell?”

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

“What story does the Civil War tell?” Edward Ayers asked during his Saturday night keynote address at the American Battlefield Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute. We probably all think we know the answer, but Ayers spent 40 minutes challenging assumptions, reframing … Continue reading →

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Maine at War: June 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in June at his blog Maine at War: June 5, 2019 Enrollment Act laid out the new national draft in detail Running low on warm bodies to prosecute the war against … Continue reading →

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June 17: The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Aldie

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

Every regiment that served in the Civil War had one day that exemplified the rest of their wartime service. For the men of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, June 17 was their day. In particular, it was June 17, 1863. That … Continue reading →

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“And over here we have…”

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Meg Groeling

On this day in history, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth walked into a two-star inn-and-boarding house in Alexandria. It was early in the morning, and a man in his nightshirt and pants was the only person awake on the first floor. The … Continue reading →

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