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In The Shadow of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Just as 150 years ago, events in Pennsylvania and Mississippi overshadowed one of the more interesting and bloodless major Union victories in the war: the Tullahoma Campaign, in which W.S. Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland outmaneuvered Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee and forced the Confederates back to Chattanooga. This all occurred at a cost of […]
Read more...Book Review: Yankee Commandos: How William P. Sanders Led a Cavalry Squadron Deep into Confederate Territory
Yankee Commandos: How William P. Sanders Led a Cavalry Squadron Deep into Confederate Territory. By Stuart D. Brandes. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2023. Hardcover, 318 pp. $50.00. Reviewed by Gregory A. Mertz During the spring of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln planned for all four of his largest Federal armies in the field to […]
Read more...It Didn’t End with Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox: A Look at the Surrenders of Gen. Joseph Johnston and Gen. Kirby Smith on April 26 and May 26, 1865 – Part II
In Part I of this post, I shared an excerpt from my book A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Callaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri, describing the surrender of Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman on April 26, 1865. Here, I discuss another significant surrender […]
Read more...Charles A. Dana: “The Eyes of the Government at the Front”
ECW welcomes guest author Don Zavodny On March 9, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant received his commission as lieutenant general by President Abraham Lincoln, and the victor of Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga had at last risen to the position of general-in-chief, in command of all Union armies. However, Grant’s rise likely would never have been […]
Read more...The Civil War On The Water
The Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series: The Civil War on the Water: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War Savas Beatie, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-61121-629-5 e-book ISBN: 978-1-61121-630-1 Specs: 12 maps, 72 images, 336 pp. Click here to Order *** About the Book Although primarily a land conflict, the Civil […]
Read more...To Catch a Gar: A Soldier’s Letters from Helena, Arkansas in March 1863
On a recent trip to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, I was able to see a gar fish for the first time. What does this have to do with the Civil War, you might ask? Well, in his Civil War letters, my 3rd great grandfather, James Calaway Hale, wrote several times about catching and eating […]
Read more...Correcting the Historical Record about Lincoln’s First Battle With Slavery
In 1837, the Illinois legislature overwhelmingly passed resolutions on slavery. One of the resolutions supported the preservation of slavery in the District of Columbia. Then-legislator Abraham Lincoln, along with a colleague, filed a written protest against the resolutions. The protest showed Lincoln’s support for D. C. emancipation – if the District’s Whites approved. A modest […]
Read more...Book Review: Sand, Science, and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat
Sand, Science, and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat. By Scott Hippensteel. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2023. Softcover, 295 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Joshua Lindamood Throughout history, geological characteristics and certain topographical features have dictated where troops can and cannot move on a battlefield and how they chose to fight. The American Civil […]
Read more...Presidential Photography
Happy Presidents Day! Here are a few photographs from my collection with a presidential theme and Civil War connections.
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