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Telling History vs. Making Art: The ways we remember the war
Part two in a series “We may say that only at the moment when Lee handed Grant his sword was the Confederacy born,” wrote Robert Penn Warren during the Civil War’s centennial; “or to state matters another way, in the moment of death the Confederacy entered upon its immortality.”[1] Writer/activist Albion W. Tourgee, however, considered […]
Read more...Telling History vs. Making Art: An upcoming series at Emerging Civil War
Introduction to a series As part of my doctoral work, I recently had to do some work that focused on Civil War literature. I use “literature” in a broad sense to cover fiction, nonfiction, and film. My interest in the topic stems from my work as a historian for Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. […]
Read more...Review: Jeff Shaara’s A Blaze of Glory
By the time I was two hundred pages into Jeff Shaara’s new novel—roughly halfway—I wondered how an author could write so much and say so little. It picked up, thankfully. I wouldn’t have known that, though, had I not forced myself to stick with it. I had high hopes for A Blaze of Glory, which […]
Read more...Battlefield Art—with National Geographic Magazine and Author Harry Katz
Emerging Civil War is pleased to join with National Geographic magazine to share with you some of the work of author Harry Katz, whose article “A Sketch in Time” is featured as the cover story of the May 2012 issue. In the coming weeks, we’ll bring you an interview with Katz, whose new book, The Civil […]
Read more...There was Civil War Where???? Part One
When most people talk about the “Campaign in the West,” in terms of the American Civil War, Shiloh and Pittsburgh Landing come to mind, or perhaps General Fremont. There was actually Civil War much farther west—in California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Just as the nation of America was settled east to west and west to […]
Read more...In Praise of Preservationists
Most of the time, we think of preservationist “out in the trenches,” doing the front-line work to save dirt and grass and history. On Tuesday, at least, when I had the good pleasure of spending some time with folks from the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust (CVBT) and the Civil War Trust (CWT), they were tucked in their […]
Read more...Ulysses S. Grant’s Long Road from Donelson to Lowell
February 15, 1862 found Ulysses S. Grant sitting on horseback in the snow, staring at the collapsed line along his right. Confederates had pushed out from Ft. Donelson early that morning, while Grant had been downriver talking to Admiral Andrew H. Foote. He was far enough away that he hadn’t even hear the fighting and […]
Read more...150th Anniversary Posts
We have been working on a number of projects for the coming year. Some of us will be conducting a tour at Gettysburg May 5th. Others are preparing for upcoming speaking engagements. All of us are working on 150th anniversary posts. 2012 marks the anniversary of the 1862 battles, and as we make our way […]
Read more...The Best of 2011 (Steward Henderson)
As our authors continue to offer their favorite Civil War-related memories from 2011, we next hear from Steward Henderson.
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