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Civil War Echoes: The Keystone Division
The Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division is the oldest division in the United States Army. It’s formation was the result of Civil War veterans, and (like many National Guard units) it is an echo of the Civil War.
Read more...Week In Review: October 11-18, 2020
It’s time for Week in Review… Happy reading! Sunday, October 11: In the evening, Patrick Young shared about the recent posts on Echoes of the Reconstruction Era. Monday, October 12: Question of the Week highlighted post-war lives of Civil War personalities. Chris Mackowski posted some photos from the Great Smokies and some Civil War connection […]
Read more...Cut These Guys Some Slack
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about combat leadership in the Civil War and elsewhere – specifically senior leadership. Sometimes I wonder if we judge commanders, especially early-war and mid-war commanders, too harshly. Looking back through the lens of conflict after 1861, we sometimes miss factors that commanders had to deal with between 1861 and […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: The Chancellorsville History Trail’s Western Loop
At the end of July, I posted about the 3.6-mile Chancellorsville History Trail that departs from the parking lot near the Chancellorsville Visitor Center (CVC). The trail winds through the area of Confederate attacks on July 3, north of the Orange Turnpike; out past the site of the Chancellorsville mansion; along Hooker’s last line; past […]
Read more...Home Libraries: Truly Making it Home
I’ve moved three times over the past five years. Packing for the moves is always the most time-consuming part of the process, and it’s not all that bad. Except for the books. When my wife and I last moved, we went to the hardware store and got a bunch of 98-cent cardboard boxes to put […]
Read more...In Memoriam: Ed Bearss
The Civil War community was rocked today by the news of the passing of legendary historian Ed Bearss. Ed suffered a heart attack over the weekend and died surrounded by family on Tuesday. He was 97. “Ed’s career is unmatched in the Civil War community—from his discovery of the USS Cairo in the Yazoo River to his […]
Read more...Virtual Symposium 2020: The Fight for Life or Death
Today, we’re pleased to share Paige Gibbon Backus’s talk from the 2020 ECW Virtual Symposium. Paige, who once managed Ben Lomond Historical Site—a Civil War hospital following First Manassas—spoke on “A Fight for Life or Death: The Carnage Found in the Medical Field During the Civil War.” “It’s always interesting to study medicine because we […]
Read more...Virtual Symposium 2020: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp
Today, we’re pleased to share Derek Maxfield’s talk from the 2020 ECW Virtual Symposium. Derek spoke about his new book from the Emerging Civil War Series, Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp—Elmira, NY. “I have enjoyed researching and writing about the POW camp in Elmira mainly because the site of the camp […]
Read more...Virtual Symposium 2020: The Forgotten Flank at Gettysburg
Today, we’re pleased to share Dan Welch’s talk from the 2020 ECW Virtual Symposium. Dan, who spends his summer as a battlefield interpreter for Gettysburg National Military Park, gave a talk about the fighting at Culp’s Hill: “‘Where all so well did their duty’: George Sears Greene’s Brigade at Gettysburg.” “Culp’s Hill is so overlooked and […]
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