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Book Review: The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage
The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage By John Harris Yale University Press, 2020, $30.00 hardcover Reviewed by David T. Dixon A large crowd gathered in the yard of a New York City jail nicknamed “The Tombs” to witness the execution of Nathaniel Gordon on February 21, 1862. Gordon […]
Read more...Week In Review: April 25-May 2, 2021
Sunday, April 25: Postscript transcription for Greg Mertz’s interview. “What’s next in retirement?” Monday, April 26: Question of the Week highlighted high ground at Gettysburg. Chris Mackowski has been reading Ty Seidule’s new book, Robert E. Lee & Me, and shared some thoughts.
Read more...Week In Review: March 15-21, 2021
Gettysburg, Reconstruction, Sheridan, Jane Corbin, Patrick Cleburne, and more… Lots of new topics and posts on the ECW blog this week! Monday, March 15: Question of the Week highlighted Civil War photographs. Doug Crenshaw reviewed Kill Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864. For Women’s History Month, here’s a special series about exploring Gettysburg […]
Read more...Week in Review: February 7-14, 2021
From historical impeachment trials, memory, new book announcements, and medical history to a historical Valentine, there was a lot to explore on the blog this week… Sunday, February 7: In the evening, there was an update from Brian Swartz’s Maine at War studies. Monday, February 8: Question of the Week spotlighted Forts Henry and Donelson.
Read more...Week In Review: January 3-10, 2021
This week we continued with the What We’ve Learned series which looks back to the Sesquicentennial, but you’ll also find some quickly added posts with historical perspective on the modern events which unfolded this week. Also, great posts about a regiment’s company, re-evaluating research at Antietam, emancipation, Confederate Irish Brigade, and more. Sunday, January 3: […]
Read more...Week In Review: December 27, 2020 – January 3, 2021
A Week in Review for the Year in Review with additional posts from the What We’ve Learned series, the lost USS Monitor, and Walt Whitman’s perspective on the beginning of the Civil War. Sunday, December 27: What We’ve Learned: Dwight Hughes shared his perspective for the new series. Monday, December 28: Question of the Week […]
Read more...Year in Review 2020: #8
Our countdown of the Top Ten Most-Read blog posts of the year continues. In any conversation/discussion/debate/ argument/shouting match about monuments, it quickly becomes apparent when someone doesn’t understand the fundamental difference between history and memory. The two ideas are related but different. One of our most-read posts of the year examined that difference.
Read more...Week In Review: December 20-27, 2020
We hope you’re enjoying the holiday season, and here are the week’s posts in case you missed any! Lots of good news and merry fun these last few days… Sunday, December 20: In the evening, news of a preservation “miracle” at Stones River battlefield. Monday, December 21: Question of the Week focused on Christmas accounts […]
Read more...Year in Review 2020
As has become our custom, ECW is going to wrap up the year by looking back at the year’s highlights. 2020 was rough for a lot of us, and some people might be eager to wrap it up, but at ECW, we had our best year ever–thanks to you, Faithful Reader–and we’re glad to share […]
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