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Shaw’s Sword
Yesterday, I shared a cool artifact from the Massachusetts Historical Society‘s collection, which Kris White and I had the chance to explore as part of a project we’re working on for the American Battlefield Trust. I wanted to pass along another eye-popper for us: the sword of Col. Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts. […]
Read more...A Visit to New Market Heights
ECW is pleased to welcome Shelly Liebler. Shelly is a photographer based in the Williamsport, Virginia, area. The American Battlefield Trust and Civil War Trails have teamed up to interpret this acquisition in Varina, Virginia: the New Market Heights Battlefield, some of which has already been lost to development, including the construction of I-295.
Read more...Mary Cushing: “Poor, but highly committed”
For Mother’s Day Her boys called her “Little Ma.” She outlived them all, receiving the news that two had fallen in Federal military service. Though short in stature, she was “quiet and unassuming…. bright and witty in conversation,” a well-informed woman who read and wrote and followed her faith.[i] She endured loss and widowhood, but […]
Read more...Fallen, but not Forgotten: Sgt. John Grinnell, Co. E, 38th USCI
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott, founding member and President of the Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association. In the Border States of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri the process of emancipation and enlisting formerly enslaved men played out under unique circumstances. Those individuals who remained loyal to the Union […]
Read more...The Sleeping Sentry’s Final Rest
“By the hand of God helping me, I shall some day outride the storms of affliction and land my soul on the other side of Jordan and head our weary souls home to rest where there shall be no death. There we shall have it all peace and harmony. It stands us in hand to […]
Read more...Sister Lydia Penny: “Like a Ministering Angel”
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott. Tim originally sent this post to us for Women’s History Month; we apologize for the delay in getting it up. We are fortunate that several United States Colored Troops (USCT) soldiers chose to write from their camps to newspapers who were supportive of their efforts, relating their […]
Read more...Week In Review: March 27-April 3, 2022
Sunday, March 27: In the evening, Chris Mackowski posted photos from Rocky Face Ridge. Monday, March 28: Question of the Week discussed the colonels who never made general. Kevin Pawlak re-examined what Robert E. Lee thought of George B. McClellan. Tuesday, March 29: Meg Groeling shared about cats and war, comparing the Union army of […]
Read more...Fallen, but not Forgotten: Pvt. Henderson Taborn, Co. A, 5th USCI
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott During the mid-nineteenth century, Oberlin, Ohio, known as a “hotbed of abolitionism,” and even referred to as “the town that started the Civil War,” became a magnet of relocation for both self-emancipated and free people of color seeking a greater sense of liberty, autonomy, and equality. Oberlin […]
Read more...Fallen, but not Forgotten: Pvt. James Chaney, Co. I, 1st USCI
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott, director of education and interpretation at Pamplin Historical Park Historians estimate that perhaps as many as twenty percent of Civil War soldiers enlisted under the age of 18. While enlisting officials were not supposed to accept anyone under army regulation age, in effort to fill companies and […]
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