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Antietam’s Lower Field Revisited Part II: The Unsteady Ninth Corps at Antietam
The Ninth Corps had an odd relationship with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Mirroring their involvement with the army was that of their best-known commander, Ambrose Burnside, who would eventually command the army, then serve with it later in 1864. The corps was a newcomer to the army in 1862, part […]
Read more...Death at Antietam: Friends to the End
ECW welcomes back guest author Cal Schoonover… The Civil War impacted Wisconsin’s people from the beginning of the war until the end on April 9, 1865. Wisconsin had no shortage of volunteers during the early part of the war; however, like several other states, the urge dwindled as the war continued. The men who fought […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Fitz John Porter
Welcome back to another installment of our 2021 Emerging Civil War Spotlight series. Each week we have introduced you to another preview of our outstanding presentations that will be shared at the Eighth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium August 6-8, 2021. Today we look at Kevin Pawlak’s topic in our Fallen Leaders theme, Fitz John […]
Read more...The Electric Effect of Donelson—Good and Bad
“The effect was electrical,” wrote Charles Dana, describing the fall of Fort Donelson along the Cumberland River in February 16, 1862. “It was the first significant victory over the rebellion, and it filled the country as well as the army which gained it with confidence and enthusiasm. . . .” Yet Dana, a well-regarded reporter […]
Read more...Before the Battlefield: The Suffering of “Camp Maggotty Hollow”
We Civil War enthusiasts have a fascination with casualties. We rapture over which regiments were bled white on the battlefield and which regiments had the highest casualty figures. We pore over the last, heroic words uttered by officers as they expired. Those are the stories we tell. We don’t often hear stories of the many, […]
Read more...American Battlefield Trust Preserves the Heart of Williamsburg’s Civil War Battlefield
The American Battlefield Trust has had quite a December so far! First they announced a campaign to preserve an incredibly important tract at the heart of the Gaines’s Mill and Cold Harbor battlefields. Then they declared victory on a piece of ground at Stones River that connects the two main areas of the battlefield park. […]
Read more...Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part I)
Civil War cavalry raids often rank among the most romantic of Civil War tales. This often has to do with the characters most often associated, with names like Stuart, Morgan, Mosby, Rosser, Gilmor and others. These raids would be recalled in song and verse and were often recorded by civilians in places like Missouri, Ohio, […]
Read more...Heroic Burnside
By this point in 1862, Ambrose Burnside’s excellent plan for a late-year campaign had already begun to unravel. His Right Grand Division under Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner stole a march on Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and, on November 17, arrived on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, […]
Read more...Question of the Week: 11/9-11/15/20
In your opinion, who was the better general? George B. McClellan or Ambrose Burnside. Why?
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