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Saving History Saturday: Preservation Projects
This month Saving History Saturday is looking at some current battlefield preservation projects. The American Battlefield Trust (ABT) has several preservation projects ongoing. One of the most recent ones is to preserve 128 acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown. This consists of a six-acre tract in Sharpsburg near the West Woods and Dunker Church. The property […]
Read more...Lee the “Schoolmaster” and A. P. Hill
ECW welcomes guest author Dan Walker It was mid-May in 1864, two weeks into General Robert E. Lee’s efforts to repel Union General Grant’s Overland Campaign, and Lee’s Third Corps commander, Lieutenant General A. P. Hill was unhappy. He was sick, too, though well enough to follow his troops in an ambulance. He was unhappy […]
Read more...Small Acts of Battlefield Stewardship
A lot of us love battlefields, and we show that love in ways great and small. When a battlefield is really lucky, it has one or two “guardian angels” who spend their free time performing small acts of kindness and service that make the place a little better for the rest of us, even when […]
Read more...Civil War Medicine: Dr. Abner O. Shaw and the hard-on-surgeons 20th Maine
A replacement assistant surgeon for the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, Dr. Abner Ormiel Shaw is best known for helping save the life of Joshua L. Chamberlain at Petersburg. There is much more to Shaw’s story, however, and had the 20th Maine kept wearing out its medical staff, Shaw might not have been at Petersburg at […]
Read more...Civil War Medicine: John Chase and the Lasting Legacies of Wartime Medicine
Civil War medicine did not exist in a vacuum only on battlefields and in hospitals. It began long before armies met in combat or men became ill; it began in classrooms, books, and lectures as surgeons and doctors learned and improved their skills and disseminated knowledge. Nor did it end on the battlefield, as surgeons […]
Read more...BookChat: James Longstreet and the American Civil War by Harold Knudsen
It’s the 159th anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga—a good showing by Jimmy Longstreet, so a good day to talk a little about a new book by Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War, published by Savas Beatie. (You can find out more about […]
Read more...The Rocks at Second Manassas: A Postscript of Reconstruction
A little while ago, Sarah Bierle shared the story of Confederates, out of ammunition, resorting to throwing rocks at the Deep Cut during the battle of Second Manassas. It’s a fairly well-known account, held up as an example of the nature of the close quarters fighting that took place on Aug. 30, 1862. Sources credit […]
Read more...What is a Demonstration in Military Terms?
A couple weeks ago some guests at the Emerging Civil War Symposium beckoned to me. “We have a question,” they said in low, confidential terms. “We really enjoyed the last presentation, but we’re not military historians and we’re confused. What is a demonstration?” It was such a great question, and we had a fun couple […]
Read more...Saving History Saturday: American Battlefield Trust Targets Three Civil War Battlefields for Preservation
The American Battlefield Trust (ABT) is targeting 52 acres on three battlefields for preservation. The battlefields are Chancellorsville in Virginia, Gilgal Church in Georgia, and Corinth in Mississippi. The first tract consists of three-acres on part of the Flank Attack part of the battlefield. This is the far end of the Union Army […]
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