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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: NOT the First! Not! Not! Not!
Much of the recent national news has concerned itself with features relating to former President Trump’s appearance in a New York City courtroom. The talking heads keep telling viewers that Trump was the “FIRST president of the United States to get dragged into court” over something.
Read more...The Other Captain Semmes in Louisiana’s Bayou Country
Most with a passing knowledge of the Civil War are aware of Raphael Semmes. His command of the commerce raiders Sumter and Alabama spanned the globe, earning both a reputation as the Confederacy’s ablest seafarer and a rear admiral’s commission. What most are not aware of however, is that Raphael Semmes was not the only […]
Read more...Benjamin Prentiss on the Threshold of Shiloh
The failure of the Union high command to anticipate General Albert Sidney Johnston’s attack at Shiloh still generates controversy and debate. Looking at the evidence it is clear that Brigadier General William Tecumseh Sherman failed to take the warnings seriously, only planning a scouting expedition for April 6. Major General Ulysses S. Grant failed as […]
Read more...Discovering Family Connections to the Centralia Massacre
ECW welcomes guest author Tonya McQuade Centralia is a small Missouri town of 4,200 people that straddles Boone and Audrain County, about 130 miles northwest of St. Louis. It is also the town where my great-great grandparents, Francis “Frank” Marion Traughber and Mariah “Marnie” Agnes Bryson Traughber, lived the latter part of their lives. They […]
Read more...USS Chancellorsville’s Name Shift and the US Navy’s History of Confederate-Named Vessels
In recent years, the US government ordered all service branches to investigate and collate listings of all installations named honoring Confederate leaders, symbols, or events. While many are familiar with the army bases named after Confederate leaders (Forts Bragg, Polk, and A.P. Hill for example), less known are warships that have previously or currently bear […]
Read more...Civil War Weather: How African Winds and Yellowstone Snows Impact Mississippi River Valley Civil War Sites
In January 2023, I gave a presentation about by second book Defending the Arteries of Rebellion: Confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River Valley 1861-1865 to the Brunswick Civil War Round Table in North Carolina. At the end of the presentation, I was autographing some books when a group member approached. His question was one […]
Read more...Francis Flanagan’s Fredericksburg Redemption
ECW welcomes back guest author Dan Masters For the first four months of his service, Second Lieutenant Francis M. Flanagan of the 133rd Pennsylvania was a pariah in his company. It wasn’t due to any personal reasons, though. The young lieutenant didn’t understand the manual of arms and was unable to instruct his men in […]
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