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Primary Sources: Confederate Veteran – A Source With Endless Possibilities
Published between 1893 and 1932, Confederate Veteran magazine is an incredible source that I mine for many different topics. Not only is it a good source for battle or wartime accounts, the magazine documents early preservation efforts, and is a window into the formation of postwar culture in the South. I think it is one of […]
Read more...Railroads: A Little Music, A Little History About A Great Locomotive Chase
You’ve probably heard of Andrews’ Raid…but have you heard the musical piece by Robert W. Smith memorializing this ill-fated Civil War adventure on the tracks?
Read more...The Lost Line at Rappahannock Station
I had the chance yesterday to explore the former Rappahannock Station battlefield, courtesy of my ECW colleague Rob Orrison. I drive through the battlefield all the time, but believe it or not, I’ve never even realized it. Rob generously took some time to orient me, but he warned me, “This is the ‘penny tour,’ not […]
Read more...Congratulations to D.P. Newton
Congratulations to ECW’s friend, D.P. Newton, owner of the White Oak Civil War Museum in Stafford, Virginia. Last night, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust presented D.P. with its second annual Dr. Mike Stevens Award for Preservation. During the presentation, CVBT Board Member Robert Lee Hodge called D.P. “a fisherman and a carpenter,” referring to D.P.’s […]
Read more...Preservation News: CVBT Announces Preservation Award Recipient
Our friends at the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust have recently released their Winter 2017-2018 newsletter, On the skirmish line. In this latest issue, they share the news of the recent recipient of their Dr. Michael P. Stevens Preservation Award, D.P. Newton. Keep reading below for the full story on this exciting announcement.
Read more...ECW Weekender: Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium
Numerous conferences and symposiums that specialize in the American Civil War often examine the many famed battles, important and leading figures, and the memory and monuments of the war itself. We were recently notified by Sue Curtis, chair of the Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium, of a unique opportunity to spend a weekend learning about this […]
Read more...Save the Western High-Water Mark
The Civil War Trust released its latest appeal today, for 70 acres at Perryville. Here’s the link: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/perryville/perryville-2016/. (Go ahead, look; I’ll wait.) This is an essential piece of ground for three major reasons.
Read more...“Boys, That Flag Must Come Down!” Part 3 of a series
To Ellsworth So young, so brave, so early called We mourn above his laurelled bier; His name on every heart enrolled, To friends, and home, and country dear. The last two things Colonel Ellsworth added were the badge presented to him by New York’s Columbian Engine 14, of which he had been made […]
Read more...The Real War that Never Got into the Books: Operations North of the James River, July-October 1864
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jimmy Price Part One in a Series. What if I was to tell you that a series of desperate battles was fought on the footsteps of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia? You’d most likely think that I was referring to the Seven Days Battles of 1862, […]
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