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The Victor of Olustee
“After our line had advanced about one-quarter mile the engagement became general and the ground stubbornly contested…” wrote Brigadier General Alfred Colquitt on February 26, 1864, from Baldwin, Florida. The 40-year-old native Georgian was the ranking Confederate officer on the field of the largest engagement fought in the state of Florida during the American Civil […]
Read more...Joseph E. Johnston as a Commander
ECW welcomes guest author Greg Thiele The most important principle of command is that the commander is responsible for everything which happens or fails to happen — good or bad — in his or her command. It seems Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston either never learned this or sought to evade the judgment of historians […]
Read more...Unhappy Catastrophes: The American Revolution in Central New Jersey
Unhappy Catastrophes:The American Revolution in CentralNew Jersey, 1776-1782 by Robert M. DunkerlySavas Beatie, 2022192 pp.; 150 images, 10 mapsISBN: 978-1-61121-527-4(click here to order) About the Book “The Importance of the North River (the Hudson), and the sanguine wishes of all to prevent the enemy from possessing it, have been the causes of this unhappy catastrophe.” […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Afterword
On November 1, we kicked off our “Engaging Civil War Series” Series. It’s been like the 12 Days of Christmas that won’t die: a gift that has kept giving and giving and giving! Well, now it’s time to wrap things up. For your handy reference, here’s a list of the blog posts in the order […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: To the Bitter End
First, I’ll admit I’m an ‘early war’ guy, so delving into the last phase of the was never as appealing to me as the first part of the conflict. I have visited the Bennett Place in North Carolina many times, and have worked at Appomattox Court House, so the stories of the other surrenders always […]
Read more...New Book in the Emerging Civil War Series Now Available: Embattled Capital: A Guide to Richmond in the Civil War
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Read more...Ending the War in the ECW Archives
Before we end “Ending the War,” we want to invite you—on this 155th anniversary of the final of three surrender discussions at Bennett Place, NY—to tap into the ECW archives for more great posts about the end of the war.
Read more...April Anniversaries
Every April I reflect on the events of 1865. I’ve always been interested in this transitional period as the war ends and Reconstruction begins. Having worked at Appomattox Court House and researched the surrender in North Carolina, it is only natural that I am reminded of those events every spring. I’ve also been pondering the […]
Read more...BookChat with David Silkenat, author of Raising the White Flag
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian David Silkenat, senior lecturer of American history at the University of Edinburgh. Silkenat is the author of Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the Civil War, published in last year by the University of North Carolina Press (click here for […]
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