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Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part three)
part of a series We followed the route of Grant’s supply train from the Mississippi up toward the modern Raymond battlefield. One of the myth’s of the campaign is that Grant lived off the land, a la Sherman’s later March to the Sea, but in fact, he had a well-protected supply line. At Raymond, we […]
Read more...Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part two)
part of a series When I got out of the car at the Windsor ruins, I was awed by what I saw: the skeletonal remains of an opulent plantation house accidentally destroyed by fire after the war. We decided to do a quick, impromptu Facebook LIVE shoot from the site of ruins because we all […]
Read more...Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 2 (part one)
part of a series On Wednesday, we started off our Facebook LIVE events at Bruinsburg, the site where Ulysses S. Grant landed his army on the east bank of the Mississippi April 30-May 1, 1863, to kick off his overland campaign to take Vicksburg. It was “Grant’s D-Day,” but with no Germans waiting for him, […]
Read more...Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 1 (part 2)
part of a series We landed in Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday to kick off our Facebook LIVE events from the Vicksburg campaign. Although we presented the campaign a little out of order, we wanted to take advantage of being there, so Jackson became our first program.
Read more...Scenes from Vicksburg, Day 1 (part 1)
part of a series I’m with my ECW co-founder Kris White in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to help the American Battlefield Trust commemorate the 155th anniversary of Grant’s campaign to take the city. While you’ll be able to follow our adventures on Facebook LIVE, I thought I’d share a few extra pictures from along the way. One […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review May 6-May 13
We’ve had another great week here at Emerging Civil War. Once again, we partnered with our friends at the American Battlefield Trust, National Park Service and Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield to commemorate the 155th Anniversary of the Death of “Stonewall Jackson in several Facebook Live events. If you missed any of our events for […]
Read more...A Sentence About the Vicksburg Campaign as Winding as the Mississippi Delta
I’m getting ready to head to Vicksburg, Mississippi, this week to join Kris White and the American Battlefield Trust for a series of Facebook LIVE events beginning on Tuesday. (more details to come soon!) While I’ve been studying up with great books by Steve Ballard, Timothy B. Smith, Terry Winchel, Steven Woodworth and Charles Grear, […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review April 30-May 6
May has opened at ECW and what a week it has been! With our friends at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and the Civil War Trust, we participated in the Trust’s Facebook Live events for the 155th Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2 and May 3. Spots remain available for […]
Read more...Mission Accomplished: A Follow-Up to “Battlefield Travesty”
“Are you going out to pick up garbage?” my wife asked from the comfort of our bed as I finished tying my shoes. “Yes,” I said, trying to stay quiet enough that she could fall back to sleep. “Don’t pick up any condoms,” she warned. No, of course not, I thought. Who knows what else […]
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