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Week In Review: May 2-9, 2021
Battle and campaign anniversaries, new archaeology discovery, discussions about Lee and Jackson, and more… Sunday, May 2: Take a video tour of Jackson’s Flank March at Chancellorsville on the anniversary. Here’s the conclusion of the series with Dr. Curt Fields about studying and portraying Ulysses S. Grant. Monday, May 3: Question of the Week highlighted […]
Read more...ECW’S Overland Campaign on YouTube
Don’t forget, ECW has a ton of material on our YouTube page about the Overland Campaign. Check out our “Overland Campaign” playlist, with more than twenty-five videos. You’ll find something for just about every day of the campaign as it moves from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania Court House to the North Anna River to Totopotomoy […]
Read more...A Comprehensive View of the Overland Campaign, Part II
Part of a Series Through sanguine fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness, the Army of the Potomac had just won a strategic victory against their longtime nemesis, the Army of Northern Virginia. After Ulysses Grant took the initiative from Robert E. Lee, he remained deeply concerned about Lee retaking the initiative. He relayed in […]
Read more...“Not Far from the Plank Road’s Turning”
William R. Ramsey was a Sergeant in Co. F of the 150th Pennsylvania Bucktails. Surviving the vicious fighting at Gettysburg unscathed, Ramsey was severely wounded on May 6, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness, and was subsequently captured. His left leg was amputated, and he would spend the next several months a prisoner until […]
Read more...On The Eve Of War: Chancellorsville, Virginia
Adapted from That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White The Wilderness was once one of the must rugged parts of Virginia and would be the backdrop for two large battles during the Civil War—Chancellorsville in 1863 and The Wilderness in 1864. Despite its name, […]
Read more...Lee’s Luck
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author John Roos… As the 214th birthday of Robert E. Lee has come and gone, I couldn’t help but to reflect on the general. Living in the Fredericksburg area, and giving tours on all the major fields in this area, I have come to see the evolution and devolution […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Civil War Week from The National Museum of the U.S. Army
It’s not this weekend, but coming soon! Hosted virtually by The National Museum of the U.S. Army, Civil War Week brings lectures by top historians, educational activities, and a discussion of Museum artifacts from April 5-9, 2021. All the presentations are free, and guests can register to attend one or all!
Read more...In Defense of Sheridan
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Nathan Provost. General Philip Sheridan was a hard man of war. He was egotistical and bold, and his personality traits negatively struck many officers, and later historians. In the last twenty years, Sheridan’s legacy has diminished from belonging in the pantheon of great Union victors to nothing more than an […]
Read more...Week In Review: March 8-14, 2021
From the battle of the ironclads to book reviews, podcasts, The Wilderness, bus tours, new museums, and more…there’s a wide variety of articles from the ECW blog this week! Monday, March 8: Question of the Week…went animated? Guest author Nathan Provost posted a comprehensive view of the Overland Campaign.
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