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Battlefield Markers and Monuments: The Custer Maple
One aspect of battlefield tramping that continues to fascinate historians and visitors alike are witness trees. These unique specimens provide a tangible link to the events of the past. Although it no longer stands, one is commemorated in the town square of Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Read more...Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Johnson Island & McPherson’s Grave
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Frank Jastrzembski to share about a recent trip and his musings on historical graveyard markers. My wife reluctantly agreed to go on another of my weekend cemetery hunts. Only a few weeks before, we had taken another couple to visit Brevet Brigadier-General Orland Smith’s grave in Green Lawn Cemetery after […]
Read more...Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and the Marshall House Hotel Plaque
This relatively small, gold & brown marker is attached to the side of the newly purchased Hotel Monaco*, the latest incarnation of the Marshall House, in Old Town Alexandria, VA. It commemorates the death of James W. Jackson, reading: The Marshall House stood upon this site, and within the building on the early morning of […]
Read more...Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Ohio Flank Markers
Part of a series. Gettysburg aficionados often debate the key terrain of the battlefield. Is it Little Round Top, Culp’s Hill, Cemetery Ridge? Cemetery Hill receives less attention from battlefield visitors and “Gettys-buffs”, but it was more important than any hillock or ridge during the battle. Known as Raffensberger’s Hill by locals, it served as […]
Read more...Civil War Monuments and Memory
The Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series: Civil War Monuments and Memory: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War Savas Beatie, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-61121-633-2 Specs: 6 maps, 94 images, 336 pp. Click here to order *** About the Book In the century and a half since the war, Americans have […]
Read more...Thinking about Drama, Battle, and Memory at New Market
One of my favorite pieces of classic literature is Shakespeare’s Henry V. Not necessarily for its historical accuracy, but for the drama of leadership and the perspective on battle. I read parts of the play while I wrote Call Out The Cadets: The Battle of New Market and used a line from it on the […]
Read more...Henry Boynton, Battlefield Preservation, and Civil War Memory
Emerging Civil War welcome back guest author Colonel (ret) Ed Lowe… Civil War battlefields evoke a range of emotions in visitors. One may imagine the Confederate attacks against Major General George Meade’s lines at Gettysburg or the Union gunboats battling their way through Vicksburg’s defenses. As I look up at Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, I […]
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 […]
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