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From the Stone Wall to a Shad Bake
This is another post in the series “Tales From the Tombstone.” George Edward Pickett was ecstatic on the morning of July 3, 1863. His division, which had missed the fighting at Chancellorsville in May and had been way in the rear during the first two days at Gettysburg, was about to lead the decisive charge on […]
Read more...“Either a Traitor or the Most Incompetent Officer in the Confederacy”
This is another installment in the “Tales From the Tombstone” series John Clifford Pemberton, to Civil War enthusiasts, conjures up one word: Vicksburg. On July 4, 1863, the Confederate lieutenant general surrendered the “Gibraltar of the West.” With the loss of Vicksburg, including the approximately 30,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered, the mighty Mississippi River now flowed […]
Read more...First Cousin, Once Removed: Edwin Gray Lee
This is the third installment of the “Tales from the Tombstone” series His grandfather was Edmund Jennings Lee, Sr. a brother of “Light Horse Harry” Lee. Hisfather stayed out of politics altogether. With a last name of Lee and a Confederate general, he would probably be the least known of the “Lee’s” in that regard. […]
Read more...Westmoreland’s Other Confederate General
Part two in the series “Tales From the Tombstone” In Westmoreland County on the historic Northern Neck of Virginia boasts of being the birthplace of a few famous persons in American history. George Washington, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and the other Lee; Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee, however, was not the only Confederate general […]
Read more...Making America’s Civil War Great Again: Donald J. Trump Proves That the Civil War Still Matters
ECW welcomes back guest author Kevin C. Donovan The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. Anderson[1] that Colorado cannot use the “insurrectionist disqualification” clause (Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution) to exclude Donald J. Trump from that state’s presidential ballot is the latest rejoinder to any who claim that the Civil […]
Read more...Book Review: Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America
Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America. By Peter Radan. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2023. Hardback, 389 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Kevin C. Donovan, Esq. The Civil War did not resolve the question of whether states had the right under the Constitution to secede. Rather, the […]
Read more...Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Acheson Rock
Just north of Little Round Top, amidst a grove of trees, lies a boulder with a simple inscription on it: “D.A. 140 P.V.” That stands for David Acheson, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers. The boulder served as Acheson’s temporary grave until his family arrived to retrieve his body on July 15, 1863. However, it also served as […]
Read more...Book Review: Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War’s Forgotten General
Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War’s Forgotten General. By Frank P. Simione, Jr. & Gene Schmiel. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2023. Softcover, 219 pp. $22.95. Reviewed by Kevin C. Donovan The question raised by this book is whether the search is worth the candle? Most think they already know Irvin McDowell; he […]
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