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Week In Review: May 27-June 2, 2019
This week the history community was saddened by the news of Tony Horwitz’s passing and we featured several memorial tributes. You’ll also fine plenty of traditional military history and battle accounts. Monday, May 27: Question of the Week focused on cemeteries and burial grounds since it was Memorial Day.
Read more...Week In Review: May 5-12, 2019
Sunday, May 5: In the evening, we shared a re-cap of the videos and experiences at the re-opening of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond. Monday, May 6: Question of the Week focused on big battles in the months of May during the Civil War. Edward Alexander wrote about Private William Perry’s experiences during […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 5/6-5/12/19
May is a month of big battles and campaigns – particularly in 1862, 1863, and 1864. For example, the Peninsula Campaign, Vicksburg Siege begins, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania, and the Atlanta Campaign. Do you have a favorite May big battle/campaign from the Civil War to learn/teach about?
Read more...Indian Aid: Ely Parker and the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
Four months before giving birth to her son Ely, expecting mother Elizabeth Johnson Parker (Gaontguttwus to the Tonawanda Seneca tribe) awoke one night after experiencing a dream. Her mind’s vision showed a rainbow broken in two. The bottom of one half ended at the home of the local Indian agent in Buffalo, New York, while […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Tullahoma Campaign
In this week’s edition of our 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we feature longtime ECW member and ECW Chief Historian, Chris Kolakowski. Chris shares with us some of his prior thoughts on a Forgotten Campaign that he has spent many hours with, Tullahoma. You can find out more information about the 2019 Emerging Civil War […]
Read more...Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce: America’s First Black Senators
On February 25, 1870, visitors in the U.S. Senate gallery burst into applause when the new Republican senator from Mississippi entered the chamber. This man was no ordinary senator. He was Hiram R. Revels, and he was the first African American ever to sit in either house of Congress. Under the laws of Reconstruction, Mississippi […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: “This Means War”: The Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Welcome back to another entry in our continuing Symposium Spotlight series. Over the last several months we have been introduced to the full line-up of speakers for the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium. Starting today, our spotlight series will now give you a sneak peak look at the presentations our presenters will deliver in […]
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