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WHM Profile: Sarah Kay Bierle
Readers, it is my pleasure to introduce ECW writer Sarah Bierle, fellow Californian and self-described “lady historian.” She is a powerhouse of energy and ideas, and Emerging Civil War is lucky to have her. When asked about her choice to research and write history, she replied: For me, it’s about the inspiring, real-life stories–what I […]
Read more...Book Review: “The Civil War Diary of Father James Sheeran: Confederate Chaplain and Redemptorist”
James Sheeran, a chaplain for the 14th Louisiana Infantry, wrote in his collection of diary and letters, “If perchance this manuscript should fall into the hand of any person unacquainted with me, I ask as a favor, that it may be destroyed, as it was never intended for the public eye.” The Civil War community […]
Read more...“Generally Tore Things Up”: George Custer Visits Beaver Dam Station
Early last month, my wife and I visited my sister and brother-in-law and our new niece in Richmond. On the drive south, we decided to visit Beaver Dam Station, a wartime stop on the Virginia Central Railroad. During the Overland Campaign, the station was destroyed by Brig. Gen. George Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade.
Read more...ECW Weekender: Alonzo Cushing Monument
This past October, I traveled to western New York for a wedding in Fredonia. The small town is located on the shores of Lake Erie and is about an hour or so southwest of Buffalo. A day before the wedding, while enjoying a cup coffee in the hotel restaurant, I formally met the father of […]
Read more...A(nother) Word on Behalf of Preservation from the Banks of the North Anna River
The battlefield along the North Anna River remains one of the most beautiful gems in Virginia. Had I not known better, though, a recent stop on the battlefield might have made me think the war had only recently swept through. For its April 2017 issue, Civil War Times invited me to help readers explore the […]
Read more...Paying My Respects to a “Bad, Old” Opponent
In Lynchburg, Virginia, for a speaking engagement, I have stopped by Jubal Early’s gravesite to pay my respects. It is grudging respect, to be sure—but I cannot deny he has been a formidable foe. Certainly, time has proven Jubal Early to be the Confederacy’s ablest defender. And that has little to do with the battlefield. […]
Read more...Civil War Trust Leads Effort To Preserve Battlefield Land in 2016
Get updated on 2016’s preservation successes with the latest year-in-review from the Civil War Trust.
Read more...Stonewall’s Horses
Early in 1861, John Harman and Thomas J. Jackson inspected a small herd of horses which had been discovered in a captured railroad boxcar. Jackson turned the horses over to the Confederate government and purchased two for his military use.[i] In the following days, Jackson discovered the large horse had an uncomfortable gait and was […]
Read more...Christmas on the Rappahannock
About twenty years ago my parents bought me a Civil War painting by Ray W. Forquer. The painting, “Christmas on the Rappahannock,” has always been one of my favorites. It’s not the artistry that I love so much, but the story that painting is based on. While much of the Civil War art that is […]
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