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To Georgia With Lee
When John Bell Hood assumed command of the Army of Tennessee on July 18, 1864 he quickly changed the tactics employed by the main Confederate army in the west. Under the leadership of Joseph E. Johnston, the Army of Tennessee had given up considerable ground, moving from one defensive locale to the next, husbanding its […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Coming Up Next Weekend!
First Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge “The Civil War in 1864? Please join us for the First Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. The theme of this years symposium is “The Civil War in 1864.” Below are details pertaining to the August 15-17 event, as well as a detailed schedule […]
Read more...Exciting Symposium Update!
All of us at Emerging Civil War are excited to announce that C-SPAN will be filming the Saturday session of the First Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. C-SPAN will be filming live to tape, meaning that they will not be airing the symposium live, but will air talks at a later date. […]
Read more...Shot Pouch’s Eighth Shot
To say that Major General William Henry Talbot “Shot Pouch” Walker was a difficult man is an understatement. Known for his quarrelsome personality, he was a West Point classmate of Braxton Bragg and Joe Hooker and had demonstrated personal bravery on many fields and in many wars. His nickname of “Shot Pouch” came from being […]
Read more...Hood’s New Army
John Bell Hood took command of the Army of Tennessee with a clear mandate (really an almost imperative directive) to wage offensive war against the Federals before Atlanta. Most discussions of his appointment tend to stop there, but fail to assess the impact of the change on the Army of Tennessee itself. Hood’s accession to […]
Read more...The Kennesaw Line: The Battle of Kolb Farm
The line defensive line that Joe Johnston established beneath the shadow of Kennesaw Mountain presented Sherman with the largest obstacle he had yet faced in his drive to Atlanta, and he noted that it was “unusually strong.” Johnston’s right flank was anchored on Noonday Creek and his center rested along the lower slopes of Big […]
Read more...“These poor girls died stainlessly in the midst of youth and beauty”: The Washington Arsenal Explosion
We are pleased today to welcome back guest author Ryan Quint. In the midst of the 150th Anniversaries of the Overland Campaign, the road to Atlanta, and the opening shots of Petersburg, it is easy to overlook other events that occurred during the summer of 1864. One of these events is the June 17, 1864 […]
Read more...You Have Killed Our Old Gen. Polk
In the aftermath of the debacle in the Hell Hole, General Sherman decided to move back to the railroad and press on. Johnston, meanwhile, moved south and east into a series of ridges and hills covered in dense forests, cut by deep ravines and seemingly covered with flooded streams of red muddy water—good defensive positions […]
Read more...Controversial Hood Biography Garners Plaudits
Last spring, ECW offered a series of guest posts by author Stephen M. “Sam” Hood, a descendent of Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood. Sam recently received some good news: his book, John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General, was selected as the 2014 winner of the Albert Castel Book Award. […]
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