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ECW Week in Review Feb. 12-18
It was a busy week here at Emerging Civil War. We had a number of great posts from our authors on Black History Month and Valentine’s Day. You may click on the links below to read each post.
Read more...Floodwaters and Ghost Fog at Catharine Furnace
When the weather’s been good enough, I’ve been jogging on the Chancellorsville battlefield (or, when I have my 10-month-old with me, walking him in his stroller). The past two days have drenched us with monsoonal rain, but the temperatures have been warm. When the rain finally let up this afternoon, the thermometer was just shy […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review: 15-21 January
We’ve had another busy week here at ECW as we prepare for our site migration next week. While our authors continue to produce great content, there will not be any activity on the site next week so as not to interrupt the migration. You may click on the links below to read each post.
Read more...Book Review: “Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War”
There have been legions of studies done about the corps of the Army of the Potomac and its fighting units. Authors have filled shelves with monographs about the Iron and Irish Brigades, or the 20th Maine. Guides have told and retold the heroics of John Reynolds and Winfield Scott Hancock But throughout those years and […]
Read more...Special Update and Mark Your Calendars: ECW Site Migration
On December 1, 2017, we announced that ECW would conduct a site migration in the first week of January. After working out some technical details, the date of the migration has been moved to the week of January 15. While our authors will not post any new articles to the site during this time frame […]
Read more...A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part one)
(part one of five) I recently heard Dave Ruth described as “the last of the great, old-guard superintendents.” For more than thirty years, Dave has made Richmond National Battlefield his life’s work, overseeing the park’s growth from 754 acres to just under 4,000. With stories from the 1862 Peninsula Campaign overlapping with stories from the […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Dec. 24-31
As 2017 comes to a close, ECW observed some of our annual traditions both on Christmas and in the week leading up to New Year’s Day. Happy New Year!!!
Read more...Year In Review 2017: #10
It’s a tradition at ECW to countdown to our most-read blog post of the year as we review the closing year. We’ll begin today with 2017’s #10 blog post.
Read more...Boughs of Holly
In May of 1863, thick and prickly holly bushes were just one of a dozen kinds of hostile flora the soldiers had to contend with as they tried to maneuver and fight their way across the Chancellorsville battlefield. Tonight, though, the holly offers a welcome splash of green–punctuated by little dots of red–on a peaceful […]
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