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CVBT History Wire: “Field Fortifications on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II”
The most recent “CVBT History Wire” post is the second part in a two-part series that takes a cursory look at field fortifications on central Virginia’s battlefields. This one covers the Mine Run, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania battlefields. Read here: Field Fortifications on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II If you missed Part I, which covers […]
Read more...Book Review: Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration. By Harold Holzer. Dutton, 2024. Hardcover, 456 pp. $29.47. Reviewed by Max Longley As United States immigration issues remain in the news on an almost daily basis, and with debate on the topic sure to take a prominent place again in this year’s presidential election, […]
Read more...Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: Arcadia and Prospect Hall
Major General George Gordon Meade settled into bed on the night of July 27, 1863 after a long day in the saddle. He and his V Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac had completed a hard march from northern Virginia to Frederick, Maryland. After ordering the men to bivouac along the banks of […]
Read more...The Victor of Olustee
“After our line had advanced about one-quarter mile the engagement became general and the ground stubbornly contested…” wrote Brigadier General Alfred Colquitt on February 26, 1864, from Baldwin, Florida. The 40-year-old native Georgian was the ranking Confederate officer on the field of the largest engagement fought in the state of Florida during the American Civil […]
Read more...CVBT History Wire: “Field Fortifications on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I”
The most recent “CVBT History Wire” post takes a cursory look at field fortifications on the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaign battlefields. A second part that examines field fortifications at Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, will be available next month. Read Here: Field Fortifications on Central Virginia Battlefields – Part I
Read more...Books I Read in 2023
Last year I shared a post listing the books that I read during 2022. I thought I would do the same this year. As I mentioned last year, my reasoning for doing this is to hopefully bring a previously unknown or overlooked book to someone’s attention, or just maybe, a listed title will strike enough […]
Read more...2023 Year in Review: Symposium
At the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium, we ventured into “1863: The Great Task Before Us” and looked at historical happenings in the 160th anniversary year. Timothy B. Smith (of the West!) gave the keynote presentation, focusing on the Siege of Vicksburg. Other speakers through the weekend included Cecily Nelson Zander, Neil P. Chatelain, Sarah […]
Read more...The Saddest Christmas
On December 25, 1863, Sergeant Leonhard Schlumpf of the 45th New York sat in his camp below Lookout Mountain and recorded a single line in his diary: “The saddest Christmas.”[1] Those that have indulged in reading Civil War diaries know that they can sometimes be listless. Diary writers typically reported the weather and ordinary troop […]
Read more...Patrick Kelly-Fischer: Thankful For . . .
Civil War sites become harder and harder to come by as you travel west. By the time you get to the Trans-Mississippi, the few preserved locations are often several hours’ driving apart from each other, and pretty far removed from the amenities you might be used to near the battlefields along the I-95 corridor. That […]
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