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Echoes of Reconstruction: Confederate Jubal Early Explains the Cause of the Civil War (part one)
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. Part one of a two-part series. Jubal Early, a Virginian, was an important leader in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, and a primary constructor of The Lost Cause Myth of the Confederacy. Modern students […]
Read more...Medical Care at Second Manassas: Reaching A Crossroads?
At the crossroads of the Sudley-Manassas Road and Warrenton Turnpike (now modern roads Route 29/Lee Highway and 234/Sudley Road) stands a historic stone house. Dating back to 1848, this structure has stood guard at the trafficked intersection and witnessed two large-scale battles of the American Civil War. At both battles, the Matthew Family’s stone dwelling […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: History at Sunset at FredSpot
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park has brought back its popular “History at Sunset” programs for the late summer and early fall. Unlike in past years, the programs are NOT all on Friday evenings. Also, they’ll run bi-weekly instead of weekly into October rather than wrapping up in mid-August. Here’s a quick look at what […]
Read more...“Think of that noble life lost” at Cedar Mountain
On September 18, 1863, Henry Abbott of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment wrote to his father: We have been in sight all this time of Cedar Mountain. Part of our corps, at a distance of several miles, rests upon it. If possible by any means, I shall go to the battle field. It has made […]
Read more...What If…John Pelham Survived Kelly’s Ford?
He probably would’ve died somewhere else. The end. Okay, but really, let’s talk about this. I don’t mean to come across flippantly about the subject of the young artillery officer’s life and death. A couple weeks ago, a colleague and I were poking fun at the age-old question, “What if Stonewall was at Gettysburg?” and […]
Read more...Why “Stuff” A Horse?
I’ve been reading the book entitled Confederate Exceptionalism by Nicole Maurantonio, and it has a chapter about “relics” connected to Stonewall Jackson. The prime “relic” discussed in the chapter is Little Sorrel’s taxidermy hide which the author clearly did not relish seeing. The chapter had quite a few details about the “preservation” of the old […]
Read more...Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals
Reviewed by Stephen Davis The first thing that catches your eye about this impressively comprehensive volume is the number 426. Like most of you, I grew up on Ezra J. Warner’s number of 425 Confederate generals. But Mitcham alertly reminds us that at Richmond in the final days of the Confederacy, Admiral Raphael Semmes, his […]
Read more...What if John Reynolds had not been killed at Gettysburg?
John Reynolds’s unexpected death on July 1, 1863, in the opening hours of America’s most famous battle, has elevated him to near-mythic stature. His fans are tantalized by the possibilities his survival might have offered (no less so than Stonewall Jackson fans who are likewise tantalized by What Ifs). I’m not a Reynolds fanboy, per […]
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