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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 […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: Commonwealth of Virginia Battlefield Protection Fund Grants Announced
In October, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) awarded over 1.3 million dollars in grant funding through the Virginia Battlefield Protection Fund (VBPF) to 8 projects, protecting over 211 acres of battlefields across Virginia. The American Battlefield Trust (ABT) received 7 awards, preserving a total of 209 acres across multiple battlefields. ABT received 2 […]
Read more...“The Death of A Hero”: Lieutenant Wilhelm Roth at Gettysburg
On July 1, 1863, Lieutenant Wilhelm Roth must have had déjà vu. Nearly two months earlier, a Confederate flank attack swept his regiment and the entire Union Eleventh Corps from the field, forcing Roth and his men to flee. Now, he found himself in a similar position at Gettysburg—caught up in the Eleventh Corps retreat […]
Read more...Book Review: July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta
July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta. By Earl J. Hess. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2023. Hardcover, 432 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Patrick Kelly-Fischer In July of 1864, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman closed in around Atlanta, beginning the process of cutting the several railroad lines that supplied the city. Sherman’s largely uncontested […]
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