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Shaping Chancellorsville: The first memory memorialized on the field
part two in a series The first effort to mark out events on the Chancellorsville Battlefield came as early at 1883, although some accounts suggest it happened as early as 1876. Former members of Stonewall Jackson’s staff placed a large quartz boulder along the Orange Plank Road to mark the area where Jackson had been […]
Read more...Shaping Chancellorsville: How memories of the battle shaped the battlefield
part one in a series It has become the stuff of legends: Astride his horse, Traveller, Robert. E. Lee rides into the Chancellorsville clearing, the mansion in flames behind him, his men gathered ‘round with hats off, cheering wildly. It’s late morning, May 3, 1863, and the Army of Northern Virginia has overcome odds of […]
Read more...Chancellorsville Seminar: May 17-19, 2013
We wanted to remind you that two of our authors are part of this spring’s Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours. Join authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher White, along with noted historians Robert K. Krick, Ed Bearss, Frank O’Reilly, and more, as they delve into Lee’s Greatest Victory: The Battle of Chancellorsville. Mackowski and White will lead the session covering the battles of […]
Read more...Chancellorsville: May 17-19, 2013
We at Emerging Civil War are proud to announce that two of our authors are part of this spring’s Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours. Join authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher White, along with noted historians Robert K. Krick, Ed Bearss, Frank O’Reilly, and more, as they delve into Lee’s Greatest Victory: The Battle of Chancellorsville. Mackowski and White will lead the session covering […]
Read more...Mapping Out Chancellorsville 149 Years Later
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the opening of the battle of Chancellorsville. Supremely confident “Fighting Joe” Hooker rocked back on his heels after an unexpected punch on the nose by Stonewall Jackson, withdrawing into a defensive position around the Chancellorsville intersection. Giving up the high ground to the east of the intersection was the […]
Read more...Cementing Chancellorsville
One of the projects I’m working on right now entails a closer look at the evolution of the Chancellorsville battlefield over the years. Here’s a photo I pulled from the files as I was working this week. This is the Chancellorsville intersection circa 1975:
Read more...Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire—A Review
Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire Author: Chris Mackowski Thomas Publications 2011 137 Pages (4 Maps) 2 Appendices When many Civil War enthusiasts think of the battle of Chancellorsville, the first thought that pops to their mind is the wounding of Stonewall Jackson. For many, the battle begins and ends with the daring flank attack and wounding […]
Read more...“Hail, snow ballers…”
Night had fallen across the hellish landscape of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. The darkness cloaked the mortal wounding of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson along the Mountain Road a few miles west of the Chancellorsville crossroads. However, Jackson and his entourage were not the only Southern troops tramping through the dark, dense, third-growth forest […]
Read more...Book Review: Here’s a Letter from Thy Dear Son: Letters of a Georgia Family during the Civil War Era
Here’s a Letter from Thy Dear Son: Letters of a Georgia Family during the Civil War Era. Edited by Edward H. Pulliam. Macon: GA: Mercer University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 640 pp. $50.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott During the American Civil War, family ties not only helped soldiers maintain distant connections with once very familiar people […]
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