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Category Archives: Primary Sources
Re-evaluating Ezra Carman, Pt. 2: Georgians in the East Woods
ECW welcomes back Chris Bryan (Part 1 of Re-evaluating Ezra Carman can be read here.) During Brig. Gen. John Bell Hood’s counterattack at Antietam, the 4th Alabama became increasingly detached from its brigade by fences while it advanced along the … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Primary Sources
Tagged 21st Georgia, 28th Georgia, 4th Alabama, 5th Texas, Alfred Colquitt, Antietam, Chris Bryan, East Woods, Ezra Carman, John Bell Hood
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An Eagle Cake on the Fourth of July
John S. Mosby It has been a few years since I posted the story below but it still resonates every year with me because of the incredible feat the women of Point of Rocks, Maryland, accomplished: creating a 25 foot … Continue reading
Charles Henry Veil, John Reynolds, and the Johnstown Flood
Following the death of Maj. Gen. John Reynolds on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, staff member Charles Henry Veil was tasked with recovering Reynolds’s body. Veil’s involvement in that mission would end with a strange postscript, years … Continue reading
“All In Our Favor”: A Federal Officer in the Midst of the Tullahoma Campaign
ECW is pleased to welcome back Daniel A. Masters. After four days of marching in nearly constant rain and sticky Tennessee mud, Capt. Wesley Porter Andrus of the 42nd Illinois spent Sunday, June 28, 1863, in camp attending to one … Continue reading
Flag for a Fallen Florida Colonel
On May 5, 1862, during the fierce fighting that erupted around Williamsburg, Virginia, the first regimental commander of the 2nd Florida was shot and killed. Colonel George Taliaferro Ward, who as a representative to Florida’s secession convention, and who was … Continue reading
A Reflection on Historians and Word Choice
Words have meaning. Historical interpreters, whether guiding battlefield tours, designing museums, or writing articles or books, must carefully choose words that both convey a point and do justice to the topic. Poorly chosen words can impact the effect of a … Continue reading
LBJ’s Gettysburg Address
On May 30, 1963, during the Civil War Centennial, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at a Memorial Day ceremony in Gettysburg. You can listen to a recording of LBJ’s speech here. Here’s the text:
Posted in Primary Sources, Reconstruction, Slavery
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A Scene of Desolation – A Missouri Soldier Visits the Shiloh Battlefield in June 1862
On the morning of June 16, 1862, Pvt. Robert Goodman of the Seventh Missouri Infantry left his unit’s encampment to take a stroll. The last couple of weeks had been particularly hard for the men of the “Irish Seventh” regiment, … Continue reading
“The Escapes…Are Very Numerous”
One hundred and sixty years ago, Benjamin Butler enjoyed his new rank as major general of volunteers, a result of occupying Baltimore and helping to secure the transportation and communication lines into Washington D.C. His new assignment at the end … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged 160th Anniversary, Benjamin Butler, contraband, emancipation, Fortress Monroe, Slavery
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“Our Army Was Thoroughly Beaten”: An English Rebel Remembers Champion Hill
ECW is pleased to welcome back Daniel A. Masters This extraordinary letter, written by former English army officer Stephen Edward Monaghan Underhill to his mother in Coldstream, Scotland in the waning days of the siege of Vicksburg, gives us an … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged 65th Alabama, 78th Ohio, Baker's Creek, Big Black River, Champion Hill, Daniel Masters, Edward's Depot, Elias S. Dennis, John Pemberton, Lloyd Tilghman, Lt. John C. Douglas, S. D. Lee, Stephen Dill Lee, Stephen Edward Monaghan Underhill, Vicksburg, Vicksburg Campaign, William Loring
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