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“Everything seemed ablaze around me”: Albert Baur and the 102nd New York at the Battle of Cedar Mountain
ECW welcomes back guest author Douglas Ullman, Jr. Fifty-three year-old Albert Baur was not going to be able to attend the 1892 reunion of his regiment. The gathering of veterans of the 102nd New York, was set to occur at Cedar Mountain, where they had experienced their first trial by fire. He was sitting in […]
Read more...The Battle of Franklin: Which One?
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Gregory L. Wade In modern day Franklin, Tennessee, thousands of residents from outside the state are relocating to this booming area, only a twenty-mile interstate drive south of Nashville. They are brought to Middle Tennessee by corporations moving in not because of the iconic music business, but because […]
Read more...Robert Smalls and the Daring Capture of “Planter”
ECW welcomes guest author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. At dawn on May 13, 1862, an enslaved eight-man crew, with several family members and other friends onboard, brazenly stole the Confederate gunboat Planter and delivered her past unsuspecting Rebel forts and batteries to the blockading Union Navy. The unprecedented feat garnered headlines in the North and […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Phil Kearney
Welcome back to another installment of our 2021 Emerging Civil War Spotlight series. Each we have introduced you to another of our outstanding topics that will be presented at the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 6-8, 2021. Today we have Kris White preview his talk on fallen leader Phil Kearny:
Read more...The Forlorn Hope at Vicksburg
Google “Forlorn Hope” + “Civil War” and several desperate actions show up. “A forlorn hope,” says the Wikipedia entry, which shows up first, “is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the kill zone of a defended position, where the risk of casualties is […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Phil Kearny
Welcome back to another installment of our 2020 Emerging Civil War Spotlight series. Each we have introduced you to another of our outstanding topics that will be presented at the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 7-9, 2020. Today we have Kris White preview his talk on fallen leader Phil Kearny: When Chris Mackowski […]
Read more...Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: The Drive To Raccoon Ford & Getting Ready For Gettysburg (part one)
In 2002 the historical interpretation unit I belonged to, The Southern Guard, was volunteering for a “living-history” program at Gettysburg National Military Park, portraying the 4th Alabama Infantry of Evander McIver Law’s famed brigade that was in John Bell Hood’s Division, of James Longstreet’s Corps, that would assault Little Round Top on July 2nd, 1863. […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: “‘So Doth History Repeat Itself’: The Battle of Williamsburg”
In this installment of our 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we feature Drew Gruber. Drew will be presenting on the oft forgotten battle of Williamsburg. Don’t forget to register for the 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium today! Click here to go to our full 2019 Symposium webpage.
Read more...Vermont Brigade at the Petersburg Breakthrough
April 2, 2019 marked the 154th anniversary of the last day of fighting around Petersburg, Virginia. My research has largely focused on the breakthrough assault by the Sixth Corps southwest of the city during the early morning. I have devoted a number of articles on this blog to that combat, but, despite tinkering with my […]
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