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Category Archives: Ties to the War
The Train to Mt. McGregor
It was a sweltering day 134 years ago on June 16, 1885. The mercury teased the 100-degree mark, and for Ulysses S. Grant, the heat flowing back from the locomotive only made it worse. Add to that the storm of … Continue reading
“Ever Forward”: The 116th Virginia Infantry & D-Day
On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers waded ashore under enemy fire, battling to establish five beach-heads on the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied Europe. Omaha Beach – one of the code-named stretches of shoreline assigned to U.S. troops for capture – … Continue reading
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Tagged 116th Infantry Regiment, D-day, Normandy, Stonewall Brigade, Ties to the War
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Civil War Echoes: The Golden Spike
150 years ago today, at 12:47 PM local time, the Golden Spike was driven near Promontory Point, Utah. This ceremony (pictured) completed the Transcontinental Railroad by joining the Central Pacific and Union Pacific. At least two noteworthy Civil War veterans … Continue reading
Emerging Scholar John Legg
As part of our partnership with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and Civil War Monitor, we’re pleased to introduce the next of our “Emerging Scholars,” John Legg. John will be presenting his work at the museum’s Grand Opening May 4. The U.S.-Dakota … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War Museum, Dakota War, Emerging Scholars, John Legg
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The Seniormost Deaths
Today in 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was mortally wounded at the head of his troops during the Battle of Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing). A plaque on the battlefield, placed by the War Department shortly after the park’s founding, … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: The Battle of Okinawa
Today 74 years ago Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa, got underway as the first of 183,000 soldiers and Marines of U.S. Tenth Army swarmed ashore at Hagushi on the island’s west coast. It was the largest amphibious operation of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Ties to the War, Trans-Mississippi
Tagged 17th Infantry, Army of the Potomac, Franklin Buchanan, Jacob Zeilin, Japan, Japanese Army, Marine Corps, Matthew Perry, New York, Okinawa, Pacific War, Romeyn B. Ayres, Sykes' Regular Division, Sykes' U.S. Regulars, U.S. Regulars, United States Regulars, World War II
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National Medal of Honor Day
Today is National Medal of Honor Day, and if you haven’t seen the American Battlefield Trust’s latest edition of Hallowed Ground, which focuses on the Congressional Medal of Honor, you need to check it out. Thanks to my longtime partner … Continue reading
The Most Terrible Battles
The Duke of Wellington famously said “nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.” Battles are inherently destructive events, and they leave their scars on landscapes, places, and participants long after the engagement ends. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of Wilderness, kamikaze, Korea, Korean War, Manila, Okinawa, World War II
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American Battlefield Trust’s Former Teacher of the Year Collects Bottlecaps to Represent Civil War Death Toll
[Editor’s Note: At the 2018 American Battlefield Trust Teacher Institute, ECW Editor in Chief Chris Mackowski met the Trust’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, Phil Caskey, who told him about a class project intended to capture the full scale of … Continue reading
USS Mississippi Visits Okinawa
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in the Far East to open up relations with Japan. His first flagship was USS Mississippi, a side-wheel steamer. Before going to Tokyo, Perry stopped at Okinawa to deal with the Okinawan king regarding … Continue reading
