2017 ECW Symposium Admission
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Category Archives: National Park Service
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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Hiram Lare Among the Unknown
Fredericksburg National Cemetery has the largest number of unidentified soldiers anywhere in the National Cemetery System. Last Saturday evening, at one of the tour stops for the cemetery’s annual Memorial Day luminaria ceremony, I had the privilege of talking about … Continue reading
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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Question of the Week: 5/1-5/7/17
With battle anniversaries for Chancellorsville, Second Fredericksburg, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House here or just around the calendar corner, we’re wondering if you have a favorite battlefield to visit from that list? If so, why?
Visit the Restored Headquarters of General Lee
Throughout 2016, the Civil War Trust worked hard to return the Mary Thompson home and surrounding ground back to it’s July 1863 appearance. The area was the site of heavy fighting during the first day of the battle of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged Civil War Trails, Civil War Trust, Gettysburg, Preservation, Robert E. Lee, Seminary Ridge, Seminary Ridge Museum
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On the March with the Civil War Trust
The Civil War Trust has been very busy as of late, marching forward on all fronts of preservation. Just several weeks ago, the Trust, along with many other preservation organizations in the Shenandoah Valley took a moment to reflect on … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Civil War Trails, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged battlefield preservation, Cedar Mountain, Civil War Trust, Culpeper Virginia, Generations, Historic Preservation, History, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Preservation, Prince William County, VA, Volunteer
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WHM Profile: Andrea DeKoter
Andrea DeKoter walked into her daughter’s preschool class wearing her National Park Service uniform. The boys and girls looked puzzled as they tried to figure out what kind of police officer she was. DeKoter later overheard a little boy say … Continue reading
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center Grand Opening Events
From the NPS: The public is invited to the grand opening of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center March 11 and 12. The National Park Service and the Maryland Park Service have teamed up to provide special family-friendly Grand … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Beth Parnicza
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Elizabeth Parnicza stood next to the edge of Stewarts Canal in Maryland, which the abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her father worked on during their time of slavery. The canal was built between 1810 and 1830 … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Beth Parnicza, Combahee River Raid, Emily Losito, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, James Montgomery, Maryland Park Service, National Park Service, Stewart's Canal, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month
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