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Week In Review: July 15-21, 2018
This week we had some very exciting news: our 2018 Symposium is sold out! We are looking forward to seeing all our registered guests on the first weekend of August. It was also a good week on the blog with more reports from American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute, some summer posts about baseball, and other […]
Read more...Week In Review: July 9-15, 2018
Hope you are all staying cool! Several of the Emerging Civil War members have been leading tours and lecturing this week. Monday, July 9: Question of the Week offered a chance to share what you’re reading this summer. Guest author Kristen M. Pawlak shared about General John S. Bowen and the surrender at Vicksburg. Ryan […]
Read more...Equestrian Casualties at Gettysburg
“Three miles before we got into town we could see the marks of Cavalry skirmishes, passed some dead horses which were slowly burning up.”[i] The aftermath days of Gettysburg – and other Civil War battles – presented horrifying scenes at field hospitals, burial trenches, and on the fighting ground. Human casualties had priority for care […]
Read more...July-August 2018 Presentations
July: 12-15th: Chris Mackowski, Civil War Trust Teachers Institute, Valley Forge, PA 16th: Chris Kolakowski, “Stones River,” Charlottesville CWRT 19th: Chris Mackowski, “Grant’s Last Battle,” Powhatan Civil War Roundtable, Pawhatan, VA
Read more...Week In Review: June 25 – July 1, 2018
The posting schedule was jammed this week with wonderful historical content. (We actually had to move to four posts a day at a couple points, which is a rare change from our typical scheduling!) This week featured the final posts for our 2018 Artillery Series on the blog, and we finished strong. We also welcomed […]
Read more...Artillery: Last Stand at Sailor’s Creek
During the Appomattox Campaign, some Confederate heavy artillery battalions fought as infantry since they didn’t have their big guns. This article from the ECW Archives shares details of their last stand and final moments. Written by Lee White and first published on April 6, 2015, it adds to the Artillery Series by focusing on the […]
Read more...Week In Review: June 17-24, 2018
This week we’ve had another full schedule as the Artillery Series continues and we a special interview appeared on the blog. Sunday, June 17: Artillery: On Sunday evening we shared an article for the artillery series from the archives, explaining how shrapnel was invented. Monday, June 18: Artillery: Question of the Week focused on artillery’s […]
Read more...Artillery: What’s On The Series Header?
Have you identified the location of the cannon featured on the header image for the Artillery Series? Today, we’ll reveal the location…
Read more...Week In Review: June 11-17, 2018
It’s been a full schedule on the blog this week. We’ve welcomed back several guest authors and the Artillery Blog Series is in full swing. Happy Father’s Day, and we hope you had a great week, too! Monday, June 11: We started with our Question of the Week – this time a very popular, artillery-themed […]
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