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ECW Honors the American Battlefield Trust for Service in Civil War Public History
Emerging Civil War (ECW) is pleased to honor the American Battlefield Trust as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Emerging Civil War’s Award for Service in Civil War Public History recognizes the work of an individual or organization that has made a significant impact on […]
Read more...If You’re Not First, You’re Last: Charles Gould’s Medal Citation
Recently I have fielded a couple inquiries about who I really believe was the first Union soldier to breach the Confederate earthworks outside of Petersburg, Virginia. I still remain convinced that Captain Charles Gould, 5th Vermont Infantry, was the first of the Sixth Corps to get inside the Confederate defenses on April 2, 1865. Quite […]
Read more...Uniform & Medal Presented To Civil War Veteran’s Home In Southern California
In Southern California, a special presentation by Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War helps to ensure historical discussion about a Civil War soldier and medal of honor recipient who lived the later part of his life in Fallbrook, California. It is always exciting to see new interpretation and discussion starters at historic sites.
Read more...ECW Honors Ted Alexander
As part of Emerging Civil War’s fifth anniversary commemoration, we are pleased to inaugurate a new annual award: The Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. This year’s recipient is Ted Alexander, former historian at Antietam National Battlefield and longtime director of the Chambersburg Civil War Seminar. The Emerging Civil War […]
Read more...Honoring Petersburg’s Fallen: Memorial Day 2014 at Pamplin Historical Park
This afternoon it was my honor to participate in a Memorial Day commemorative program at Pamplin Historical Park reflecting on the lives lost on Petersburg’s western front during the last days of the campaign. The day’s events included costumed interpretation of civilian and military life in the 1860s, guided tours, and an artillery demonstration followed […]
Read more...How John Brown’s wife Mary ended up living in California and buried at Madronia Cemetery in Saratoga, Part II
What’s a wife to do after her husband is hanged for treason? In Part I of this post, I provided some background information about Mary Day Brown, the widowed wife of famed abolitionist John Brown, and what prompted her move to California with her surviving family members in September 1864. Here, I pick up the […]
Read more...Book Review: Michigan’s Company K: Anishinaabe Soldiers, Citizenship, and the Civil War
Michigan’s Company K: Anishinaabe Soldiers, Citizenship, and the Civil War. Michelle K. Cassidy. East Lansing: MI, Michigan State University Press, 2023. Softcover, 276 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Gregory A. Mertz During the battle of the Wilderness, Confederate soldiers encountered and pushed back a line of Federal sharpshooters. In their haste to withdraw, the Federals left […]
Read more...Sealing the Cork: The Forgotten Battles of Foster’s Place and Ware Bottom Church
ECW welcomes guest author Aaron Stoyack Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant initiated a multi-pronged campaign in the spring of 1864 to destroy the Confederacy. The Army of the Potomac commanded by Major General George Gordon Meade undertook one of the two main thrusts, marching toward Richmond against General Robert E. Lee and the Army of […]
Read more...Fallen, but not Forgotten: Pvt. William Empson, Co. I, 6th USCI
One wonders what thoughts flooded the mind of Pvt. William Empson as he traveled down the James River by hospital boat from the battlefield of New Market Heights to the United States General Hospital at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Among the many things that must have weighed on him, he likely considered his chances for survival. […]
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