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From Pittsburgh to Pittsburg Landing: Pennsylvanians at Shiloh
Drive by the monuments on the park tour road at Shiloh or glance through the Union Order of Battle and it stands out: among the dozens of units from Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, is a lone Pennsylvania Regiment. The 77th was the only eastern unit on the field at Shiloh (there were other […]
Read more...Patrick Cleburne at Shiloh or How to Learn Your Trade on the Fly, Part I
Few Civil War commanders enjoy the high reputation of Patrick Cleburne. It is hard to find a battle where he did not excel, and his record reads as a roll-call of the Army of Tennessee’s career: Richmond, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Pickett’s Mill, Atlanta, and Franklin. Yet, all commanders have their […]
Read more...Book Review: My Dearest Lilla: Letters Home From Civil War General Jacob D. Cox
My Dearest Lilla: Letters Home From Civil War General Jacob D. Cox. Edited by Gene Schmiel. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 2023. Paperback, 260 pp. $ 34.95. Reviewed by Joseph D. Ricci Over the last decade, Gene Schmiel has contributed greatly to the understanding of one of the Civil War’s most overlooked figures, […]
Read more...War in the Western Theater
The Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series: War in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War Savas Beatie, 2024 ISBN: 978-1-61121-596-0 eISBN: 978-1-954547-13-1 Specs: 10 maps, 100 images, 312 pp. Click here to order *** About the Book Often relegated to a backseat by action in the […]
Read more...The Odyssey of Claggett Fitzhugh
To the Confederate prisoners of war held at Fort Delaware, Emily Blackiston was a godsend. “Every week,” remembered Emily’s daughter Kate, Emily visited the prisoners “with food and clothes, and these were sent or given to the prisoners, for theirs was the greatest need.” During one of her visits, the post commander, Colonel Henry Burton, […]
Read more...A New Trail on a Well-Worn Path: Alexandria, Virginia
ECW welcomes back guest author Paula Tarnapol Whitacre On February 10, I stood among a group of one hundred people or so at Waterfront Park in Alexandria, Virginia, for the official ribbon-cutting of the city’s new African American Waterfront Heritage Trail. It is 2.3 miles long, with 30 stops and 11 interpretative signs to visit […]
Read more...Horseshoes Win the Civil War
ECW welcomes back guest author Brian Kowell “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost. All for the […]
Read more...Book Review: Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction. By Fergus M. Bordewich. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Press, 2023. Hardcover, 464 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Rich Condon Perhaps one of the most misunderstood, misinterpreted, and violent periods in American history are the years following the Civil War, known as Reconstruction, in which […]
Read more...“The Long Shadow of Lincoln” as portrayed in Norman Rockwell’s Painting and Carl Sandburg’s Poem in 1945
Tucked away in California’s Inland Empire stands the only memorial to Abraham Lincoln west of the Mississippi River. Built in 1932 in the city of Redlands, the Lincoln Memorial Shrine is a hidden gem that is definitely worth a visit. Sarah Kay Bierle wrote an excellent post in 2016 providing some background on how this […]
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