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Dan Welch: Interpreting Stonewall at Second Manassas
The concentration of this year’s ECW Symposium will examine great defensive stands of the American Civil War. The multi-day event will look at numerous commanders, command decisions, and battlefields along the way, including both theaters of the conflict. For me, my task will be to interpret just one of those defensive stands, “Stonewall” Jackson at […]
Read more...ECW Digital Shorts: The Long Encampment at Seven Pines by Robert Dunkerly
The latest Emerging Civil War Digital Short is now available in the wake of the anniversary of the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines. The Long Encampment at Seven Pines, June 2-28, 1862 by Robert M. Dunkerly tells the story of the Army of the Potomac’s stay on the Seven Pines battlefield following their victory there […]
Read more...Ryan Quint: The Other Exiled Commander at Monocacy
The Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge is coming up Aug. 4-6. We’ve asked each of our speakers to share with us a story related to the topic they’ll be presenting as part of our “Great Defenses of the Civil War” line-up. Today, we feature Ryan Quint, who will speak on the Federal […]
Read more...The Gettysburg Campaign Begins
By the time the Gettysburg campaign began 154 years ago tomorrow, Robert E. Lee, vaunted commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, had been preparing his army for weeks. Lee had much to do. Following the army’s victory at Chancellorsville a month prior, Lee had traveled to Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy, to meet […]
Read more...The Other Rock of Chickamauga?
One of the joys of research is turning an unexpected corner to find out something new. That happens every so often, and when it does, I always get a little buzz of excitement. Most recently, that buzz came when I stumbled across the name William W. Burns in the official records. Now, Brigadier General William […]
Read more...We Happy Few…
Here’s a little curtain-raiser for Battle Above the Clouds. In September 1863, United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton initiated one of the more remarkable troop movements of the American Civil War. Stanton, alarmed by the recent Union defeat at the battle of Chickamauga, now feared for the loss of the just-captured city of Chattanooga; […]
Read more...Fathers and Daughters: Writing About Stonewall Jackson as a Dad
For the forthcoming August 2017 issue of Civil War Times, I had the privilege to write an article about Stonewall Jackson as a father, “Stonewall’s Greatest Joy.” It’s a story that has deep personal interest to me. Here’s why . . . . When my daughter, Stephanie, was four years old, she fell in love with […]
Read more...Passing of A Cavalier: The Death of J.E.B. Stuart
For two years James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart was a thorn in the side of Federal armies in Virginia. His rise to prominence and fame began in the spring of 1862 when he led Confederate cavalry on a march around the Army of the Potomac. Dubbed the “Ride Around McClellan”, this operation embarrassed the Union […]
Read more...Visiting “Uncle John”
I first got to know John Sedgwick during the Chancellorsville campaign. Back in the early 2000-teens, Kris White and I were working on Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church. Sedgwick, as commander of the Federal forces on that eastern front, played a starring role, so Kris and I spent a […]
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