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Book Review: From Western Virginia with Jackson to Spotsylvania with Lee: The Civil War Diaries and Letters of St. Joseph Tucker Randolph
From Western Virginia with Jackson to Spotsylvania with Lee: The Civil War Diaries and Letters of St. Joseph Tucker Randolph. Edited by Peter C. Luebke. Charleston, WV: 35th Star Publishing, 2023. Softcover, 246 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by Tim Talbott Despite the increasing availability of online digitized primary sources, such as Civil War soldier’s letters, the […]
Read more...“The men in my Regiment for such work”: The 61st Pennsylvania Regiment’s Losses at Fair Oaks & Cedar Creek
The 61st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment numbered approximately 100 men when they were roused from sleep in the dawn hours of October 19, 1864. Part of the Third Brigade, Second Division of the Union’s VI Corps, they helped form the defensive lines that halted the Confederates’ surprise attack during the battle of Cedar Creek. By percentage, […]
Read more...ECW10 Series: Grant vs. Lee
Since starting work on our ECW10 book Grant vs. Lee, public opinion on both men has undergone a great deal of change. “Lee has had a couple bad years,” as one colleague said at the American Battlefield Trust’s National Teacher Institute over the summer. Grant, meanwhile, has been enjoying a slow rise in popularity for […]
Read more...Book Reivew: The Maps of Spotsylvania Through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor, Including all Cavalry Operations, May 7 through June 3, 1864
The Maps of Spotsylvania Through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor, Including all Cavalry Operations, May 7 through June 3, 1864. By Bradley A. Gottfried. El Dorado Hills: Savas Beatie. Hardcover, 363 pp. $37.95. Reviewed by Zachery A. Fry Bradley Gottfried’s work always merits attention for its […]
Read more...Book Review: Burnside’s Boys: The Union Army’s Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East
Burnside’s Boys: The Union Army’s Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East. By Darin Wipperman. Essex, CT: Stackpole Books, 2023. 528 pp. $34.95. Reviewed by Doug Crenshaw Darin Wipperman has produced a much needed and interesting account of the often-maligned Union Ninth Corps. Starting a bit slowly, the book begins to really pick […]
Read more...The Most Overlooked Fighting of the Most Overlooked Phase of the Overland Campaign
If the battle along the North Anna is the most overlooked phase of the Overland Campaign, then the action of May 25-26 is the most overlooked fighting of the most overlooked phase of the Overland Campaign. During the afternoon of May 24, Brig. Gen. James Ledlie led a botched assault—against orders—against the tip of the […]
Read more...Loyal Union Citizens and the Summer of 1864
ECW welcomes guest author M. Keith Harris The funny thing about turning points in the popular memory of the Civil War is that folks tend to think of them in relation to certain Union victory. I suppose that makes some sense on the surface. We all know how things turned out, and so we look […]
Read more...Book Review: If We Are Striking For Pennsylvania
I was a bit skeptical when asked to review this book… sometimes I suffer from “Gettysburg fatigue” and wonder if another study is really necessary. When I learned that this is Part One of a two-volume work, I was even more curious. How could there be enough information available to fill one book, much less […]
Read more...Remembering the Battle of Fredericksburg
So often, I’m so caught up in “what’s next” that I’m not as good as I should be about appreciating the “right now.” Ironically, the “right now” often ties back to a historical moment in the past, so it’s more apt to be “back then.” This week marks the 160th anniversary of the battle of […]
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