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Jacob Zeilin, USMC
The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of my research into the Marines of 1861. This is Part III of a three-part series. […]
Read more...Richmond Rising: African Americans and the Mobilization of the Confederate Capital
ECW welcomes guest author Cameron Sauers The idealistic fervor of young soldier boys marching off to war is contagious even for modern readers who cannot help but find something gallant in April 1861. But lurking beneath the surface of romantic scenes off the march to war is the realization that mobilizing for war would tax […]
Read more...Additional Podcast Resources: “Aftermath of Battle”
Did you have a chance to hear Meg Groeling’s podcast about what happened when the battles ended? She has accomplished insightful research on the ordeals for the wounded and the burials of fallen soldiers. This podcast is available to all ECW Podcast subscribers via Patreon. Today, we’ve combed through the archives and found a few articles related […]
Read more...November-December 2019 Presentations
November: 2nd: Bert Dunkerly, “Bread Riot,” Connecticut Civil War Round Table 8th-10th: Dave Powell, Chris Mackowski, and Sarah Kay Bierle, West Coast Civil War Conference in Sacramento, CA 11th: Phill Greenwalt, “Prospect Hill & Slaughter Pen Farm,” Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table, NC
Read more...Book Review: Searching for Stonewall by Ben Cleary
It seems I’ve been searching for Stonewall Jackson in one capacity or another for more than 20 years, so, needless to say, Ben Cleary’s new book, Searching for Stonewall Jackson, caught my attention. Cleary takes a Tony Horwitz-like approach to his explorations of Stonewall Jackson, combining a modern travelogue with biographical information. The intent is […]
Read more...Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following the Path of Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg (part two)
This post continues my story of following Law’s Brigade and delves into the unit’s background. Joe Loehle and I were at our starting off point, Raccoon Ford, where the area had layers of historical depth. We were where Evander McIver Law’s newly-formed Alabama Brigade was posted in early June 1863. I wanted to explore the […]
Read more...Rock Star Egos and the Army of Tennessee’s Most Important Inferiority Complex
I’ve been listening this week to the audiobook version of Greg Mertz’s Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh (one of my jobs, as series editor, is to listen to and approve all the books before they’re released). Historian Timothy B. Smith, in his foreword to the book, pointed out that because […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Dranesville
Welcome back to another installment of our 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight. This week’s sneak peak comes to us from longtime ECW member Ryan Quint. Ryan has spent a lot of time researching the forgotten battle of Dranesville. Today he shares just a small sample of what he will be exploring in August.
Read more...Sally Louisa Tompkins: Nurse, Philanthropist, Captain
Throughout history, women have been pushed into extraordinary situations, rising to the challenge and earning their place in the history. Women’s History Month is dedicated to celebrating the perseverance of women throughout history and today as we strive to overcome obstacles in our way. Throughout the Civil War, women were prohibited serving in the armies […]
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