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ECW Podcast “To Hell or Richmond” Now Available
“To Hell or Richmond!” That was the rallying cry in the spring of 1862 as Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan made his way up the James Peninsula toward the Confederate capital. And that’s the rallying cry from authors Doug Crenshaw and Drew Gruber as they join the latest episode of the Emerging Civil War […]
Read more...Porter’s Water Wolverines
Following the actions at Yorktown and Williamsburg on the Virginia Peninsula in the spring of 1862, it seemed to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan that the next logical place that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederates could oppose his march toward Richmond was the Chickahominy River east of the Confederate capital. Mostly, McClellan’s men made it […]
Read more...To Hell or Richmond: A Great Way to Appreciate “Peninsula Season”
If you’re like Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan in the spring of 1862, you’re probably sitting around on the outskirts of Richmond with nothing to do. You have time to kill and could probably use some good reading material to help pass the time. Fortunately, the Emerging Civil War Series is here to help! Authors […]
Read more...Now Available from the ECW Series: To Hell or Richmond: The 1862 Peninsula Campaign
On April 4, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan began marching his massive Army of the Potomac up the James River Peninsula in an effort to close in on Richmond, Virginia. Doing so, he believed, was the surest road into the Confederate capital. “On to Richmond!” Union boosters cheered. And now YOU can head on […]
Read more...The Last Casualty of Second Manassas: The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter
ECW welcomes back guest author Kevin C. Donovan Abraham Lincoln laid down his pen. It was January 21, 1863. The President had just signed a document destroying the U.S. Army career and reputation of Major General Fitz John Porter. Specifically, Lincoln approved the findings and sentence of a court-martial, whose members had found Porter guilty […]
Read more...Ironclads vs. Fort: Drewry’s Bluff and Fort Darling
On a steamy Virginia day this summer, I visited the site along the west bank of the James River where a small-scale but significant engagement took place on May 15, 1862, during the Virginia Peninsula campaign. Fort Darling on Drewry’s Bluff is a lovely, isolated spot any time of year encompassing 42 wooded acres of […]
Read more...A Most Awful Picture of Battle Carnage — Antietam
Read more...The 26th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry: A Baptism of Fire and Brimstone at Fredericksburg Part I
ECW welcomes guest author David Steinert As the sun set over the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia on the evening of 13 December 1862, the Chaplain of the 26th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Reverend David Tilton Morrill wrote to the Newark Daily Advertiser… “I would not if I could, and I could not if I would […]
Read more...Gustav Waagner: The Hungarian Revolutionary Faced One of his Toughest Tests against Stonewall Jackson at Manassas Junction
After the march of Stonewall Jackson’s 24,000 men culminated at Bristoe Station on August 26, 1862, where they managed to cut John Pope’s communication and supply line, Jackson turned his attention to Manassas Junction five miles up the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. A portion of his command scattered the small Federal garrison there overnight; Jackson […]
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