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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...BookChat with Adam Petty, Author of The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Adam Petty, The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory (LSU Press, 2019). I reviewed the booked for the spring 2020 edition of Louisiana State University Press’s Civil War Book Review (read the review here). Chris Mackowski: What drew you […]
Read more...Joe and the Illini: The Unclear Origins of Two “Fighting” Nicknames
Every few years my alma mater, the University of Illinois, renews the discussion of renaming its sports teams and creating a new mascot. In 2007 the school retired Chief Illiniwek and the trademarked Chief logo in an attempt to distance itself from connections with Native American imagery. Several weeks ago, the student senate recommended retaining […]
Read more...A Short Diary from Elmira
ECW welcomes guest author Ray Stoll The 98th Regiment New York National Guard is known only to those specializing in the Elmira prisoner camp. It was a 100-day unit organized for prison guard duty. An 18-year old farm boy named Franklin Churchill mustered into that unit’s Company G in August 1864. His surviving diary covers […]
Read more...Maine at War: September 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in September at his blog, Maine at War: September 2, 2020: A hero emerges at Chancellorsville, part 1 Charles Clark leaves school in rural Piscataquis County to join the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment in spring 1861. Two years later, Confederates trap the regiment on the bluffs […]
Read more...A Stonewall Jackson “What If” I’d Never Heard Before
During a Q&A with the Franklin Civil War Roundtable last month, someone asked me a question about Stonewall Jackson that no one had ever asked me before. My presentation had been on “The Last days of Stonewall Jackson,” and someone had tossed me the underhand softball, “What if Jackson hadn’t been shot?” (I love that […]
Read more...Week In Review: September 27-October 4, 2020
Lots of posts about books this week as we finished the Home Libraries Series. Phill Greenwalt heads for adventures in the Western Theater. Preservation news, history trail photos, and more!
Read more...The ECW September Newsletter is Now Available
The September ECW Newsletter hit inboxes yesterday. Did you get your copy? If not, you can read it here. In this issue: Lincoln considers “a house divided,” and ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski considers the house today Cecily Nelson Zander answers “10 Questions” The “Reddest of the Red” gets a new biography from David Dixon “News & […]
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 […]
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