Showing results for "Monument Avenue"
“Blackest Man in New Orleans” – Captain Cailloux of the Louisiana Native Guards – Part 2
Find Part One Here The Native Guards on the extreme right of the Union flank at Port Hudson were positioned in front of some of the roughest terrain on the battlefield and ordered to attack the strongest portion of the fortification defended by Colonel W.B. Shelby’s 39th Mississippi and two supporting batteries. The flood plain […]
Read more...The Supposed Enigma of Isidore Francois Turgis
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was not just a hit in America, but also in France. After its publication slavery was considered a blight on history, at least in France’s liberal circles. Among those affected was Isidore Francois Turgis, a Catholic chaplain in Napoleon III’s army. He was age fifty-five and had seen the […]
Read more...Two earthen Civil War forts still stand in Maine
After Confederate Navy Lt. Charles W. Read captured the Revenue Service cutter in Portland Harbor in late June 1863, the Maine state government responded by constructing seven earthen batteries to protect five other seaports. The batteries shared a similar design and armament. Because they were sited on federal property, two batteries still survive, well preserved […]
Read more...Memorials and Memory on a French Quarter Dog Walk
My wife and I, along with our spunky mutt Mouton (named after General Jean-Jacques-Alfred- Alexandre Mouton), spent the week before Christmas 2021 in New Orleans. My younger sister got married that week and we were sure to not miss out. Throughout the festivities, we stayed at my uncle’s house in the Faubourg Marigny, just to […]
Read more...A “Dexteritous” Climb to the Top of the Capitol’s Unfinished Dome
It towered over Abraham Lincoln during his inauguration on March 4, 1861 as a fitting symbol for the task ahead of the new president and the state of the country. Unfinished but a work in progress, the construction of the Capitol’s new dome had been underway since 1856. Despite the growing cost of the war, […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
by Gregory A. Mertz The best resource for any battle is the battlefield itself. The Emerging Civil War books are different from many other volumes because it has a guide-book component to it and an inherently strong connection between the narrative of the battle with the actual battlefield resources. That aspect of the series not only […]
Read more...My ECW Story: Sheritta Bitikofer
Throughout the year in this occasional series we’ve sat down with some of our “old head” historians to ask about their ECW stories. This month we have one of our newest members and a rising star in the field, Sheritta Bitikofer. We hope her story inspires you to consider submitting your own content to Emerging […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Fight Like the Devil
An early review for the Emerging Civil War Series lauded us for starting with the battle of Fredericksburg rather than a more-obvious “big battle” like Gettysburg or Antietam. Those can be perilous waters, of course, because those two battles in particular get a lot of attention from hordes of devoted fans. A lot of publishers […]
Read more...My ECW Story: Phill Greenwalt
ECW is pleased to welcome Phill Greenwalt for the latest installment of our My ECW Story Series. Interested in writing for Emerging Civil War? Check out our Submission Guidelines for more information! ECW: Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? What do you do? Why Civil War and Rev War History? PG: I am originally from Baltimore, […]
Read more...