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Week In Review: December 24-30, 2018
It might be the end of the year, but we’re finishing 2018 strong. It’s been a wonderfully busy holiday week on the ECW Blog! We’re hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas and/or peaceful holidays, and we added some historical good cheer at the beginning of the week. During the days between Christmas and New Year’s, […]
Read more...Week In Review: December 17-23, 2018
We’ve had some warm welcomes and Christmas cheer on the blog this week along with the usual sampling of military history and primary sources. Have a wonderful weekend and very happy holidays! Monday, December 17 Question of the Week spotlighted winter campaigns and battles in the Western Theater. Meg Groeling gave another culinary taste with history […]
Read more...Week In Review: December 10-16, 2018
It’s that busy time of the year: holiday season! We hope you’ve had a fantastic week filled with warm drinks, cozy memories, bright lights, and cheery music. On the ECW Blog, we’ve been remembering Fredericksburg and also featuring some Christmas holiday posts. Enjoy the week in review and stay tuned for more stories and history […]
Read more...Week In Review: November 19-25, 2018
We kicked off Thanksgiving week with grateful thoughts and reflections on the Gettysburg Address. Then, editor Sarah Kay Bierle has been in the “research kitchen” whipping up some articles for her traditional Civil War Cookin’ series in November. There’s also news about podcasts, new books, newsletters, and shopping lists along with a plethora of Thanksgiving […]
Read more...Book Review: “The Camel Regiment”
When he served as the U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis had the grand idea of importing camels. The camels, Davis reasoned, would be perfect animals to use in fighting among the far western reaches of America’s deserts, and thus he acted to bring shipments of the unusual animal in 1856 and 1857. While the […]
Read more...Week In Review: August 20-26, 2018
Was it back to school week for you, your kids, or grandkids? It’s that time of year, and some of our ECW writers are settling into their new schedules for teaching or post-summer jobs. The week might have started slower than usual on the blog, but as the week progressed we got to share some […]
Read more...Week In Review: June 17-24, 2018
This week we’ve had another full schedule as the Artillery Series continues and we a special interview appeared on the blog. Sunday, June 17: Artillery: On Sunday evening we shared an article for the artillery series from the archives, explaining how shrapnel was invented. Monday, June 18: Artillery: Question of the Week focused on artillery’s […]
Read more...Symposium Preview: Grant Takes Command
by ECW Correspondent Sean Lynch While there are various moments that serve as turning points for both the Union and Confederate Armies, no moment had as much magnitude on President Abraham Lincoln’s future in office as Ulysses S. Grant taking control of the Union Army in 1864. As a part of the 2018 Emerging Civil […]
Read more...Review: On to Petersburg by Gordon Rhea
Back in September, I mentioned how excited I was about the arrival of Gordon Rhea’s book On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864. In October, my colleague Edward Alexander posted his thoughts about the book, situating it the larger historiography of the Overland Campaign. By the time I finished reading the book and […]
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