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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Arcadia and Prospect Hall
Major General George Gordon Meade settled into bed on the night of July 27, 1863 after a long day in the saddle. He and his V Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac had completed a hard march from northern Virginia to Frederick, Maryland. After ordering the men to bivouac along the banks of […]
Read more...Gettysburg’s Forgotten Visitor: Thomas Edison Tours Camp Colt
Among the many famous people to visit Gettysburg (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Nikita Khrushchev, just to name a few), one remains absent from most guidebook mentions or stories: Thomas Edison. This is peculiar, considering Edison’s fame and his personal connection to the battlefield. William Leslie Edison, the inventor’s son, served as a […]
Read more...Maurice Power Mixed Art and Politics
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Leon Reed On August 25, guest author John B. Haltigan posted about William O’Donovan, an ex-Confederate artillery officer who sculpted the iconic New York Irish Brigade monument. In his article, Haltigan mentioned O’Donovan’s collaboration with another sculptor who worked at Gettysburg, Maurice Power. Power wasn’t an ex-Confederate, but […]
Read more...The Fight at Picacho Peak
ECW is pleased to welcome back Gregory L. Wade. Tourists often visit the Phoenix area for its near-perfect winter climate, the incredible desert scenery, or to learn about Mexican or Native American history. Not many people realize that the Civil War touched this scorched ground just a few miles north of Tucson in a fight […]
Read more...General A.P. Hill’s Remains Exhumed
On December 13, 2022, construction workers using shovels and other equipment dismantled three heavy stone blocks concealing General A.P. Hill’s remains, exposing them for the first time in over a century. The construction workers uncovered the bone fragments gathered by Hollywood Cemetery workers in 1892. The construction workers, mortician, and Hill’s descendant covered the general’s […]
Read more...Nashville to Unveil New Civil War Trails Sign Recognizing the Service of African American Soldiers on December 15
Nashville, TN – Be part of history as we unveil a Civil War Trails sign at STEM Prep Academy on Thursday, December 15th at 10:00am. The community is invited to attend the event located at 1251 Foster Ave., Nashville, TN 37210, on the 158th anniversary of the historic event. The new Civil War Trails sign […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington, DC
Washington, DC is filled with monuments and memorials dedicated to the people and events key to American history. Among that immense number are several that honor people involved in the Civil War. Most are heroic equestrian statues of US generals, and one could easily argue that the Lincoln Memorial is a Civil War monument. […]
Read more...A Failure to Organize: Philadelphia’s Board of Trade Rifles
I’m a sucker for a good recruiting poster. Their patriotic images and garish text so often evoke the pomp, pageantry, and enthusiasm on display in the early years of the Civil War. These broadsides can tell us a lot about the time or region in which the recruiting was happening, often playing on the pride, […]
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