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“Old Pete” – A Confederate Apostle or Apostate?
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Evan Portman… In one of the final chapters of Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels, a dispirited General Robert E. Lee and a brooding General James Longstreet share a poignant moment after the bloody repulse of Pickett’s Charge. In a rare moment of vulnerability, Lee remarks to Longstreet, “Peter, […]
Read more...Now Available from the Emerging Civil War Series: They Came Only to Die
When people think of the battle of Franklin, they tend to recognize it as “the death ride of the Army of Tennessee” (to use a phrase from our Great Polish Colleague, Chris Kolakowski). But John Bell Hood’s battered army continued northward on its Quixotic quest to disrupt the Federal war effort in Tennessee, showing up […]
Read more...Civil War Surprises: A Tale of Two Diarists at Shiloh
Years ago, I took my first trip to New Orleans for my first archival experience at Tulane University. At the time, I was hunting down any information I could find about the 6th Louisiana Infantry for a personal research project, but I spent some additional hours rifling through a few boxes of Civil War documents. […]
Read more...A Different Fight: The Insurance Writings of General Gustavus Woodson Smith
ECW welcomes guest author Karl Miller It seems incongruous that a former Confederate general would go on to become a significant business reformer, yet that is exactly the story of Gustavus Woodson Smith. While numerous military leaders of the Civil War such as John Bell Hood and Joseph E. Johnston went into the burgeoning life […]
Read more...Stonewall on the Mend?
I did some work recently for an essay in our upcoming Fallen Leaders book (part of the Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series). The question, a common variation of an old favorite, was this: What if Stonewall Jackson had returned to the Army of Northern Virginia following his wounding at the battle of Chancellorsville? It’s […]
Read more...Things I learned on the way to Atlanta—What happened at Cassville?
Cassville – May 19, 1864. The opening stages of the Atlanta campaign are defined by two “lost opportunities.” The first of those is Snake Creek Gap, the mountain pass supposedly unnoticed by the Confederate Army of Tennessee while entrenched at Dalton, which Federal General William T. Sherman used to surprise and nearly trap Rebel commander […]
Read more...Battle of Nashville Tour and Preservation
On July 31, 2019 I took the driving tour of the battle of Nashville offered by Ross Massey, the author of Nashville Battlefield Guide. As a native of the area who has studied the battle for decades, Massey is one of the leading experts on the engagement. It was a pleasure to ride around with him, even […]
Read more...ECW Podcast: The Battle of Franklin
Greg Wade of the Franklin Civil War Round Table talks about the final fateful campaign of John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee. Listen for free here on our website or by using Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please be sure to subscribe on your preferred platform to receive two new episodes each month directly into your listening feed. And […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site is best known as the site of the birthplace of Texas independence, but there’s a little something there for Civil War buffs, too. The park preserves the site of the April 12, 1836, battle where Texan forces under Sam Houston captured Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and […]
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