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A Ghoulish Relic from a Horse’s Death along the Valley Pike
There are weird things in American Civil War history…and then there are weird things. It’s October 31st and time to retrieve something very strange or ghoulish for discussion, so how about the preserved hoof of a horse? That’s right. A horse’s hoof. And, no, it wasn’t preserved by accident. The thing has a decoupage label […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Jubal Early, Stonewall Jackson, and the Enduring Lost Cause
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. Whenever an academic historian ventures onto popular Civil War media to discuss the Lost Cause interpretation of the war and its aftermath, anyone reading the comments will note the routine denunciation of the historian for employing a modern term, “Lost Cause,” to describe […]
Read more...Richard Taylor on Stonewall Jackson
As we wrap up the 160th anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign, I want to share with you an observation made by Richard Taylor. Taylor’s Louisianans played a key role in several battles during the Valley Campaign and then traveled with Jackson’s army to Richmond to participate in events during the Seven Days. Taylor’s […]
Read more...A Morning Surprise for “Stonewall” and His Staff Officers on June 8, 1862
Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson is famed in the history books for his surprise flank attack at Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. Lost in the storytelling about Stonewall’s surprise at Chancellorsville and his Shenandoah Valley Campaign “brilliance” in 1862 is the account of when Jackson himself was ambushed and nearly captured. The surprise for Jackson […]
Read more...More than Just Jackson: The Army of Northern Virginia’s Casualties in the Officer Corps at Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson died on May 10, 1863. Ever since, his loss has been held up as a key factor in why the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was never the same. “If only Jackson…” begins many counter-factuals. In the wake of Jackson’s death, Chancellorsville has been presented as one of the ultimate pyrrhic victories—Robert E. […]
Read more...The Romney Expedition: Stonewall Observed
Part 2 of a series How did Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson experience the cold and storms during the Romney Expedition? Did it contrast with the experiences of his men? What did they observe in their leader? This post shares some of those accounts while Part 3 will take a closer look at the leadership […]
Read more...Book Review: Our Comfort in Dying: Civil War Sermons by R.L. Dabeny, Stonewall Jackson’s Chief of Staff
Our Comfort in Dying: Civil War Sermons by R. L. Dabney, Stonewall Jackson’s Chief-of-Staff Transcribed and Edited byJonathan W. Peters Sola Fide Publications, 2021, $21.99 paper For Thursday, June 13, 1861—barely two months into the war—President Davis announced a national day of fasting and prayer throughout the South. He urged the people to participate in […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
There’s an old saying about how the last shall be first. That’s kind of the story of how the Emerging Civil War Series (ECWS) got started. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson wasn’t the first book in the ECWS, but it was the book that kicked all of this off. Flash all the way back […]
Read more...Under Fire: The 17th Maine in “the immediate presence of death”
On the evening of December 12, 1862, Pvt. John Haley of the 17th Maine huddled around “the very smallest” of fires and tried to keep quiet. The regiment had moved into a reserve position along the Rappahannock River near the southernmost of three Federal pontoon crossings, an area that would be later known as Franklin’s […]
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