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The Battle of Memphis and Its Fallen Federal Leader
One of the most consequential battles of the war—and one of the shortest—took place on June 6, 1862: the battle of Memphis. Federals suffered only a single casualty, Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., the man most responsible for the victory in the first place. Although he would not die immediately, Ellet would not live long enough […]
Read more...Week In Review: May 23-29, 2022
Lots of historic anniversary posts this week! Monday, May 23: Question of the Week is about choosing a capital. Sarah Kay Bierle posted Part 1 and Part 2 of some research about Belle Boyd and the battle of Front Royal for the Valley Campaign anniversary.
Read more...The April 2022 ECW Newsletter is Now Available
The April 2022 ECW newsletter came out on Tuesday. It’s a little like finding gold at the end of the rainbow—or finding Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee there (portrayed by living historians Curt Fields and Thomas Jessee). And, no, we didn’t Photoshop that image. We really had them together at Spotsylvania, and after […]
Read more...Week in Review: April 18-24, 2022
Last week of the blog series On The March and plenty of other historical topics “emerging” this week… Monday, April 18: Question of the Week focused on ways of marching on campaign. On The March: Sarah Kay Bierle posted about General Barlow and the stragglers.
Read more...The Wet March: USS Monitor Almost Sinks
If by “on the march,” we mean the exercise of rapidly shifting a combat unit from behind the lines to where the action is while overcoming formidable obstacles of terrain and weather, then the U.S. Navy had its own wet marches.
Read more...“The Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities”
I knew our new What If book would be popular, but Savas Beatie World Headquarters tells me orders have been pouring in online this past week. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many exclamation points from Ted Savas in a seven-day period: !!!!!!!!!!!! Last week, we offered an open-the-box preview of The Great “What […]
Read more...Week In Review: March 6-13, 2022
Book news, battle anniversaries for Hampton Roads and Pea Ridge, the beginnings of the 1862 Valley Campaign, and more this week on the ECW blog. Read all about it! Sunday, March 6: Great “What Ifs” of the Civil War is now available! Check out the video preview… Monday, March 7: Question of the Week highlights […]
Read more...The Most Frightened Man and the Ironclads
One hundred and sixty years ago yesterday, March 8, 1862, a frustrated commander in chief convened another council of war to prod Major General George B. McClellan into action. McClellan proposed to transport the Army of the Potomac down the Chesapeake and up the Rappahannock River to the Virginia town of Urbanna, outflank Confederate forces […]
Read more...160 Years: “Unlike Anything That Ever Floated” In Hampton Roads
It was morning, Sunday, March 9, 1862. As executive officer and second in command of the revolutionary ironclad, USS Monitor, Greene supervised the weapons in the turret while his captain, Lieutenant John L. Worden, commanded the vessel from the little pilothouse some 50 feet forward of the guns. They had just sallied forth to meet […]
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