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Week In Review: May 3-10, 2020
You’ll find plenty of reading this week, including some special anniversary posts for Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania… Stay safe and well!
Read more...Honoring Uncle John
I can’t let today pass without a tip of my hat to “Uncle John” Sedgwick, killed on this day in 1864 at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Read more...FREE ECW Podcast: Jackson’s Wounding
Chris Mackowski, Rob Orrison, and Kris White have been preparing a surprise! There’s a new ECW Podcast episode about “Stonewall” Jackson’s wounding on the night of May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville. And it’s available for FREE. Just head over the Emerging Civil War Patreon page, visit the post, and listen or download as you wish. […]
Read more...A Video Tour of Longstreet’s Wounding
Today, May 6, was the anniversary of James Longstreet’s accidental wounding—at the hands of his own men—during the battle of the Wilderness. I took the time today to walk the ground. Join me in this video tour from the ECW YouTube page:
Read more...The Battle of Bank’s Ford and a Preview of Gettysburg
May 4, 1863, might have been one of the most frustrating days of the war for Robert E. Lee—no small bar considering some of his other frustrating days. But with the Federal Sixth Corps pinned against the Rappahannock River after its failed attempt to break past Salem Church the previous day, Lee had a golden […]
Read more...Week In Review: April 26-May 3, 2020
Extra, extra this week! We had several days with four blog posts, thanks for some great series and battle anniversaries. We hope you enjoy the spontaneous additions and a little more history in your inbox or newsfeed. Sunday, April 26: In the evening, Sarah Kay Bierle posted Part 6 of the read-along of Nurse Bucklin’s […]
Read more...What Time Was It?
Yesterday evening, I had plans for dinner at the Union XI Corps campsites. I wanted to be at the “flank attack fields” on Chancellorsville battlefield at the time “Stonewall” Jackson launched his surprise attack against those troops 157 years ago. A quick review of the history books suggested between 5:00pm and 5:15pm was when Jackson […]
Read more...A Video Tour of Jackson’s Flank March
I had initially planned to hike the route of Jackson’s flank march today (May 2) to commemorate its 157th anniversary. I ended up taking my camera instead so that I could–at least virtually–take you on the flank march route with me. The result, for those of you trapped in lock-down and pining for a little […]
Read more...A Conversation with Garry Adelman (part three)
Part three in a six-part series Garry Adelman has been at the American Battlefield Trust since 2010 and currently serves as the preservation organization’s chief historian. In yesterday’s segment of our conversation, he talked about the career path he took to get there, beginning with an opportunity to lay out a new battlefield at Third […]
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