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Learning Civil War History: The Pandemic Perspective
On January 18, 2021, I began teaching a Civil War history class at Penn State, where most instruction is currently taking place via the (now) ubiquitous Zoom platform. I have been fortunate to teach the department’s Civil War survey in person previously, so I had my course materials ready to go. I quickly realized, however, […]
Read more...General John F. Reynolds: Great Corps Commander or Just Famous for Dying at Gettysburg?
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author John Roos Icons within the American Civil War can be found everywhere. Some loom larger than others, like Robert E. Lee, William Sherman, and “Stonewall” Jackson. Others find their fame within one specific moment. Examples might be George Thomas or George Pickett. When someone visits battlefields like Chickamauga or […]
Read more...ECW’s January Bookshelf
Do you need some ideas about what books to read next from your collection? Look no further than the current list of what ECW’s members are reading this month! Let us know what books you are currently reading in the comments below. Ed Alexander I just started Ted Widmer’s Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to […]
Read more...David Laird and The Christian Commission at Gettysburg
My ongoing work about Camp Letterman General Hospital and the treatment of the wounded following the battle of Gettysburg tends not to be the most uplifting work. Though stories of resilience and healing are common, so too are stories of death. Sometimes, however, even a story of death can give insight into the fears and […]
Read more...Echoes of Reconstruction: Challenges for Frederick Douglass Post-War: Black Equality & the Memory of Lee
ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog I sometimes hear comedians joke that Black History Month, celebrated annually in February, is during the shortest month of the year. Rather than being emblematic of a slight, February was chosen by the outstanding African American historian Carter Woodson back in 1924. Originally a week-long celebration […]
Read more...Year in Review 2020
As has become our custom, ECW is going to wrap up the year by looking back at the year’s highlights. 2020 was rough for a lot of us, and some people might be eager to wrap it up, but at ECW, we had our best year ever–thanks to you, Faithful Reader–and we’re glad to share […]
Read more...“You can do a great deal in eight days”: Ulysses S. Grant’s Forgotten Turning Point (part two)
Part two of two With an escort of twenty cavalrymen, Ulysses S. Grant rode on the evening of May 3, 1863, into the newly captured town Grand Gulf, Mississippi. He passed the now-abandoned Confederate forts, Cobun and Wade, and made his way to the river where four ironclads—Carondelet, Louisville, Mound City, and Tuscumbia—hunkered on the […]
Read more...Deer Discovery Atop Marye’s Heights
Every so often, I am reminded in the most delightful of ways that the battlefields we love are not just historic sites but habitats. The other day, my 3.5-year-old son Maxwell and I were walking along the top of Marye’s Heights on the Fredericksburg battlefield, enjoying a beautiful view on a sunny day, with temps […]
Read more...Jon Tracey
Editorial Board Chairman Jon Tracey is a public historian focused on soldier experience, medical care, memory, and veteran life in the Civil War era. He holds a BA in History from Gettysburg College with minors in Public History and Civil War Era Studies and an MA from West Virginia University in Public History with a […]
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