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Matchmaking & Flowers: A South Carolinian Marches North, Part 2
Read Part 1 here Taliaferro Simpson, called Tally by his family and friends, may have been using romance as his escape from his war experiences and memories. As he marched northward with the 3rd South Carolina Infantry in the Gettysburg campaign, his mind and letters were filled with thoughts homefront rumors, a girl he had […]
Read more...Morgan’s Raid Begins – June 1863
Things looked bleak during June 1863. The American Civil War had entered its third summer, and there was no end in sight. Both the Union and Confederacy reeled from their winter and spring losses. May, in the east, had brought the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville and the subsequent death of Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. […]
Read more...Commanding the Regiment: William Sperry’s Creative Cannoneering
During the final assault on the Confederate entrenchments at Petersburg, April 2, 1865, the 6th Vermont Infantry’s acting commander found himself among an artillery battery abandoned by its crew. The major cleverly devised a way to wield the cannons against the defenders as they rallied to retake the position. Having worked his way up from […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Suggested Reading, Part 1
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll post some book lists shared by our 2023 ECW Symposium speakers in case you’re looking for some summer reading related to the topics! Cecily Nelson Zander – From Stones River to Chattanooga: Braxton Bragg and the Struggle for Tennessee in 1863 Peter Cozzens, No Better Place to Die: […]
Read more...The Stuart Horse Artillery & The Battle of Brandy Station
Since their first arrival on a battlefield as a fighting unit in May 1862, the Stuart Horse Artillery had been galloping their way to commendations in battle reports and providing swift firepower support and offensive tactics for the Confederate cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Peninsula, Second Manassas, Antietam, the Chambersburg Raid, the […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Last Call – Only 3 Tickets Left!
Attention procrastinators! We’re just two months out from reconvening for a weekend of networking, camaraderie, and some outstanding history at Stevenson Ridge! For those of you who have already secured your seats, you’ll be hearing directly from us over the next several weeks with information on the runup to the symposium. For those who don’t […]
Read more...The Road to Port Hudson and Nathaniel Banks’s Date with Destiny
For Nathaniel Banks, his moment of destiny arrived in May 1863. So far his career as a general had been less successful than his political one. Although he played a key roll in keeping Maryland in the union, 1862 saw him take part in a series of defeats in Virginia. What kept him around was […]
Read more...“Good-bye Again, Darling Annie”: The Short Marriage of Colonel and Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw
The battle of Chancellorsville raged in central Virginia on May 2, 1863, but in New York City’s Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension, it was wedding time. Twenty-five-year-old Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of the newly recruited 54th Massachusetts married his sweetheart, Annie Haggerty. The couple knew it was only a matter of time before he […]
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