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Week In Review: June 13-19, 2022
Artifacts, a movie, a horse, and a new series about unpublished primary sources! If you missed these posts or want to see what else is new at Emerging Civil War’s blog, check out the Week in Review; Monday, June 13: Question of the Week highlighted a leadership question. Unpublished: Introducing a new series about unpublished […]
Read more...Week In Review: May 30-June 5, 2022
Books, memory, battle anniversaries, and more on the blog this week as we head into the summer months! Monday, May 30: Question of the Week asked about favorite overview books of the Civil War. Sarah Kay Bierle posted some thoughts about the “common soldier” for Memorial Day.
Read more...Week In Review: April 24-May 1, 2022
Lots of posts about Ulysses S. Grant on the blog this week for his 200th Birthday. And don’t miss the photo of Atlanta, the bug collector, new book review, the hotel on the way to Gettysburg, and more… Sunday, April 24: In the evening, we posted the conclusion to the blog series “On The March.” […]
Read more...Baseball: The Confederacy’s “National Pastime”
ECW welcomes back guest author Bruce Allardice Baseball has often been termed America’s “National Pastime.” But the game was the Confederacy’s “National Pastime” as well. The hoary myth that Confederate soldiers learned the game from their northern counterparts needs to be shelved alongside the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839. In fact, baseball […]
Read more...“The Sound of the First Gun”: The Bombardment of Fort Sumter Observed at a Distance
It’s the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, the traditional beginning of the American Civil War (April 12, 1861). In the April 20th edition of The Charleston Daily Courier, I found the following account by a correspondent using the pen name “Omega.” The perspective of Confederates observing the bombardment at a distance seemed interesting, […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Sarah Morgan and the Old State House in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Old State Capitol Museum in Baton Rouge has remained one of the many popular tourist sites for the city since 1994 when it was made into Louisiana’s Center for Political and Governmental History, and educational history museum. This grand Neo-Gothic structure, towering upon the bluffs along the Mississippi River never ceases to awe […]
Read more...Week In Review: February 28-March 6, 2022
Lots of guest posts this week, the start of Women’s History Month, books, art, and more over the last seven days on the ECW Blog. Here’s the week in review in case you missed anything or want to re-read! Monday, February 28: Question of the Week — pick 3 turning points. Guest author Richard Heisler […]
Read more...Week In Review: January 24-30, 2022
Here’s the Week in Review and don’t miss the previews of the new books in the ECW Series! Monday, January 24: Question of the Week spotlighted West Point Classes. Part 5 of The Romney Expedition series looks at the claim of a Union victory.
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