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Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) Tries the Civil War
ECW welcomes back guest author Dan Walker How much use would artificial intelligence (AI) be for Civil War research? Lately the news has been full of stories about advances in AI and its benefits and risks for today’s world. But what about historical questions? The Civil War was a long time ago. ChatGPT is an […]
Read more...Book Review: Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign
Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign. By Daniel Murphy. Essex, CT: Stackpole Books, 2023. Hardcover, 448 pp. $27.66. Reviewed by Daniel Davis In early June 1863, with the strategic initiative firmly in hand following the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Photos!
This past weekend the 9th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium took place at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania Virginia. We were thrilled to welcome nearly 180 people to the event! Here are a few of our favorite photos from the weekend: On Friday morning, Kevin Pawlak and Rob Orrison led a battlefield tour at Bristoe Station […]
Read more...1863: Wash Roebling’s Gettysburg Letter
There is one location on the Gettysburg battlefield where heroism remains hotly contested. Atop two small hills at the field’s southern terminus, a host of monuments attest to the bravery of Union soldiers and celebrate the service of three of their leaders. On Gettysburg’s Round Tops visitors will find tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Strong Vincent, […]
Read more...The Aftermath of Port Hudson and Nathaniel Banks’s Return to Bayou Teche
The fall of both Vicksburg and Port Hudson was trumpeted throughout the North. However, Ulysses Grant took the greater prize, accepted the surrender of more men, and suffered fewer losses than Banks. His campaign, then and now, is considered among the most brilliant of the war. Banks by contrast oversaw a longer siege and lost more […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 TENTATIVE Schedule
We’re excited to share the tentative schedule for the 2023 Symposium weekend. Please note that times and details may be subject to minor changes. If there are any changes, we will update the schedule on our Symposium event page and encourage you to refer to that listing as the weekend gets closer. If you’re registered […]
Read more...Matchmaking & Flowers: A South Carolinian Marches North, Part 2
Read Part 1 here Taliaferro Simpson, called Tally by his family and friends, may have been using romance as his escape from his war experiences and memories. As he marched northward with the 3rd South Carolina Infantry in the Gettysburg campaign, his mind and letters were filled with thoughts homefront rumors, a girl he had […]
Read more...Morgan’s Raid Begins – June 1863
Things looked bleak during June 1863. The American Civil War had entered its third summer, and there was no end in sight. Both the Union and Confederacy reeled from their winter and spring losses. May, in the east, had brought the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville and the subsequent death of Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. […]
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