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What To Do With Lt. General A.P. Hill’s Remains?
I’ve tried to stay out of the monument debate as long as I could — mainly to retain my sanity and avoid making enemies on either side. That was at least until a Civil War general’s remains became involved.
Read more...A Night of Protesting on the Streets of Richmond
On Saturday evening, June 6th, I accompanied the “Shut It Down” march through Richmond as part of the larger Black Lives Matter rallies in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Across the country we are having discussions about protests, policing, and monuments, I believe it is important as a public historian to […]
Read more...History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
(Editor’s Note: For more context on monuments, see our 2017 series “A Monumental Discussion“) Most Civil War buffs by now have probably heard the news that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Thursday the planned removal of the Robert E. Lee’s statue from Monument Avenue in Richmond. Meanwhile, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the city removed a […]
Read more...A Conversation with John Coski (conclusion)
Part six of six I’ve been talking with John Coski, historian at the American Civil War Museum and recipient of the 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. As we wrap up our conversation today, I circle back to a mention he made in yesterday’s segment to some writing he […]
Read more...Emerging Scholar Heath Anderson
As part of our partnership with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and Civil War Monitor, we’re pleased to introduce the next of our “Emerging Scholars,” Heath Anderson. Heath will be presenting his work at the museum’s Grand Opening May 4. Selectively Remembered: William Mahone and the Readjuster Party Modern discussions about Confederate monuments have led all of […]
Read more...Day One: James McPherson
Part two in a series James McPherson still finds himself surrounded by Southerners. The difference now, though, is that the shady neighborhood of small, tight houses seems far more hospitable than the Confederate skirmishers that surrounded him on July 22, 1864. Confederates, trying to outflank the Federal army, caught them off guard. McPherson, riding toward […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: The Civil War Horse Memorial
The old gray mare—she ain’t what she used to be. Or so the old song goes. And such was the case for the millions of equestrians conscripted into service, North and South, during the Civil War. One-point-five million of them were killed or wounded or died of disease during the war.
Read more...Statues of Stonewall: Clarksburg, WV
Sixth in a series Stonewall Jackson looks as determined as I’ve ever seen him, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his eyes focused on the road well ahead of him as he gallops through a courtyard in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, the town of his birth. He wears no kepi, blown off, perhaps, because of his horse’s […]
Read more...Washington, D.C.’s Memorial to Civil War Sister Nurses
The Washington, D.C. Civil War monuments are some of the most visible reminders of the war’s outcome. Triumphant equestrian statues of Union generals tower over the city streets on large, stone pedestals, signaling the nation’s defeat over the Confederacy and the emancipation of slavery. However, one memorial stands apart from the others in both design […]
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