Showing results for "Chancellorsville"
Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick: “Accomplished Artillery Officer, Truest Soldier”
“At 5 o’clock in the morning, the enemy attacked us in force, and, after a very severe fight by our men, the Federal line began to fall back. From the first moment I learned the position of the enemy, I played upon him with artillery, the section in the road using very short fuse and […]
Read more...The Night March into Fredericksburg, May 2-3, 1863
The orders made no sense. Their recipient lacked the creativity to make them work. The Union army dawdled as its commanders traded confused messages, while Lee and Jackson struck their masterpiece victory. To explain why Joseph Hooker’s Chancellorsville campaign failed, one must understand what he did not at the time—the situation at Fredericksburg. John Sedgwick’s […]
Read more...May-June 2019 Presentations
May: 9th: Doug Crenshaw, “The Battle of Glendale,” Hanover Tavern Series 14th: Chris Mackowski, “The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson,” Richmond (VA) Civil War Roundtable, Richmond, VA 14th: Derek Maxfield, “Hellmira,” Butler Civil War Roundtable, Butler, PA 15th: Sarah Kay Bierle, Virginia Military Institute, booksigning
Read more...ECW Podcast – Where Do You Listen?
It’s the fifth Tuesday of April, which means we’ve released the podcasts and resources for the month and the production team is prepping for the May podcasts. One of the things we love about hosting the podcast through Patreon is their app. You can listen directly from their site or app and there’s also the […]
Read more...Week In Review: April 22-28, 2019
It’s time for the grand review of the week at Emerging Civil War. You’ll find a variety of articles this week from studies on John Pope and Counter-Insurgency, to history of a statue, discussion of slavery, birthday wishes for General Grant, and much more!
Read more...April 2019 ECW Newsletter is Now Available
The April 2019 Emerging Civil War newsletter is now available. If you didn’t get a copy yet, you can view it here. In this issue: The ECW Series is coming out on audio (and why Editor in Chief Chris Mackowski has “a face made for radio”) 10 Questions with our award-winning Dave Powell Map-making, marching […]
Read more...Podcast Additional Resources: “High Tide of the Confederacy, Part 1”
It’s a dilemma. We have a lot of articles about Chancellorsville in our archives and a two-part podcast about the battle. How can we share the most? So…for the additional resources for Part 1, we’ve tried to divide the articles. Since Part 1 takes listeners approximately to the point of Jackson’s wounding, that’s the dividing […]
Read more...Week In Review: April 15-21, 2019
Wishing you a blessed weekend to celebrate Passover, Easter, or just good times with family and friends! It’s been an adventurous week on the blog. We started off with articles to inspire your summer travels, then headed into 1861 “marching off to war” history, and wrapped up with a full day of preservation discussions – […]
Read more...My Bridge: Moving Beyond Virginia
No, it’s not literally my bridge, but this structure – which I’ve yet to see on location – has become a symbol and inspiration. I’ll try to explain…
Read more...