Category Archives: Sieges

Matt Atkinson: A Tale from the Siege of Vicksburg

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

We’re just about two months away from the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge (Aug. 4-6). We’ve asked each of our speakers to share with us a story related to the topic they’ll be presenting as part … Continue reading →

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Preservation Success at Champion Hill Battlefield

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

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 →

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Civil War Echoes: The Fall of Bataan

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

Today 75 years ago, Major General Edward P. King surrendered 76,000 American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. This is far and away the largest capitulation in American military history. Bataan’s fall is also rife with … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Suffolk (part two)

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

(Part two of two. Click here for part one.) The action at Suffolk was one of those side operations of which there were dozens during the war in all theaters. Unfortunately, this engagement has been overshadowed by that at Chancellorsville, … Continue reading →

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A Look Back at Petersburg’s Breakthrough

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

April 2 marked the anniversary of the Union breakthrough at Petersburg, paving the way for the collapse of the entire Confederate line and the retreat to Appomattox. As it happens, we have one of the foremost authorities on the Breakthrough … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Suffolk (part one)

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

(part one of two) Many of us know that the Civil War involved both large and small campaigns. There are the main theaters: Eastern, Western, Trans-Mississippi. We may also consider sub theaters such as the Carolina coast or Mississippi Valley … Continue reading →

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Civil War Trust Announces Two Big Successes!

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

This past week, the Civil War Trust announced two preservation victories. Their first announcement was an update on the expansion of Petersburg National Battlefield.

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Petersburg’s Second Presbyterian Church and the Christmas of 1864

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Mike Wright. The Christmas season of 1864 at Petersburg would never be forgotten by the soldiers who manned the trenches or the citizens of the town, including the members at Second … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “A Civil War Captain and His Lady”

Posted on October 5, 2016 by

It is a rare thing when a series of letters over 150 years old is found intact, but to find two sets of them, in response to each other–well, that is cause for celebration. Author Gene Barr has been lucky enough … Continue reading →

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Longstreet Goes West, part six: Midnight Madness

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

Part Six in a Series October of 1863 was a lean month for the Union Army of the Cumberland, trapped in Chattanooga. Joe Wheeler’s Rebel cavalry kicked off the month by destroying a Union supply train of nearly 800 wagons … Continue reading →

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