Showing results for "Chancellorsville"
Did 8 Days Make a Difference? Thinking About Stonewall’s Wounding and Death
General Thomas J. Jackson was wounded by friendly fire during the night of May 2, 1863, during the battle of Chancellorsville. On May 10, 1863, Jackson died, and attending doctors believed pneumonia was the cause of death. As I’ve been re-reading accounts of Jackson’s wounding and medical treatment over the past few weeks, one of […]
Read more...Civil War Surprises: Conclusion
On the anniversary of one of the greatest surprise attacks of the American Civil War (the Flank Attack at Chancellorsville), we’re wrapping up the Civil War Surprises series. Here are quick links to all the posts in the series in case you missed any or want to reference the entire collection. Thank you to all […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 5/1-5/7/2023
In your opinion, who’s the best general at Chancellorsville? Why?
Read more...Southern Fried Rabbit on National Bugs Bunny Day
April 30 is National Bugs Bunny Day. (Bet you didn’t even know there was such a thing!) Bugs made his first appearance in this date in 1938 in a theatrical featurette called “Porky’s Hare Hunt.” Porky Pig, not Elmer Fudd, showed up to hunt hare. The Bugs-like bunny in the cartoon was actually called “happy […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight—A Year of Transformation: The Army of the Potomac in 1863
Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature Zachery Fry’s topic. The war for the Union faced dire uncertainty in 1863. That year’s beginning brought […]
Read more...Book Review: Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville
ECW welcomes back Zachery A. Fry The cavalry battles in the Loudoun Valley during the early summer of 1863 have rarely garnered much attention, at least not in comparison with the earlier dramatic action at Brandy Station and the later engagements of the Gettysburg Campaign. Robert O’Neill has resurrected those sweeping Loudoun battles and skirmishes […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 1863—The Summer of Dan Sickles
Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature James Hessler‘s topic. 1863: The Summer of Dan Sickles Union General Dan Sickles is one of […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Current Battlefield Preservation Projects
This month we are going to look at several preservation organizations that have battlefield projects that they are currently fundraising for. The American Battlefield Trust (ABT) has two newer projects in Virginia that they are fundraising for. The projects are to save 97-acres at Brandy Station and 7-acres at Cedar Mountain. ABT’s looking to raise […]
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