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Book Review: “Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General”
In Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General, author David Dixon rescues another “B” list historical figure from obscurity and puts him front and center in the American and German narrative. Dixon, a public historian and Civil War author, earned his M.A. from the University of Massachusetts in 2003. His first book, The […]
Read more...The Civil War On The Water
The Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series: The Civil War on the Water: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War Savas Beatie, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-61121-629-5 e-book ISBN: 978-1-61121-630-1 Specs: 12 maps, 72 images, 336 pp. Click here to Order *** About the Book Although primarily a land conflict, the Civil […]
Read more...Civil War Relic Hunting: Destroying American History
A few years ago, I made a research trip to Germany to walk in the footsteps of Prussian revolutionary and Union General August Willich with a German colleague. We enjoyed a hearty meal at the home of an American Studies professor in Freiburg. After the meal, our host presented us with lead musket balls he […]
Read more...Piracy and Privateering in the Civil War: What’s the Difference?
In looming twilight of June 3, 1861, two ships exchanged shots by the flash of the other’s cannon until the outgunned Confederate privateer Savannah capitulated to the Union man-of-war Perry. Just that morning, Savannah had seized her first prize near the Bahamas and sent her into Charleston. She was the Yankee brig Joseph bound for […]
Read more...Book Review: Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War
Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War. By Stephen G. Hyslop. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. Hardcover, 319 pp. $32.95. Reviewed by Patrick Kelly-Fischer At its heart, Stephen G. Hyslop’s Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War is a […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Equal Rights in New Hampshire Civil War Monument Dedication
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog I was happy to be in Manchester, New Hampshire, for the 2024 New Hampshire Primary, less so for the politicians and more so to photograph the newly restored Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument in Veterans Memorial Park right across from the Doubletree Hotel where all […]
Read more...The Second Mexican War That Never Was
ECW welcomes back guest author Aaron Stoyack Already embroiled in unprecedented bloodshed and division, interference from foreign powers amplified the concerns of Civil War belligerents. Potential conflict with the French empire in Mexico threatened to render the Union war effort untenable, result in Confederate independence, and humiliate the ideals of republicanism on the world stage. […]
Read more...The War in the Lowcountry: Part III: The Tullifinny Raid
Previously published Part I and Part II… From December 6-9, 1864 Union forces made a third and final attempt on the railroad. This was another effort to fulfil Sherman’s wishes to break the rail line before his troops arrived at Savannah. This time their goal was the railroad bridge at the Tullifinny River, a few […]
Read more...“Paddy’s Lament” & the Irish Brigade in the Civil War (Part II)
In my previous post on the Irish ballad “Paddy’s Lament,” I shared some history of the song, discussed the events in Ireland that led so many to emigrate to America, and posed a question as to how accurate this song is in its portrayal of the Irish immigrant experience in the Civil War. Today’s post […]
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