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2018 Year in Review: #1
We’ve reached #1—our most-read post from 2018! 1) Equestrian casualties at Gettysburg by Sarah Kay Bierle (July 11, 2018) “At Gettysburg, the dead and injured horses and mules covered the landscape – left unburied and untreated longer than the soldiers,” Bierle wrote, “but there actually was a system for caring for these animals, and the […]
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: December 2-9, 2018
Grab some coffee, tea, cider, or hot cocoa and catch-up or re-read some of this week’s blog posts at Emerging Civil War. Some special highlights include a memorial piece, ties between the Civil War and Pearl Harbor, thoughts on the Mine Run Campaign, and some stories about 1860’s music in California. Sunday, December 2: In […]
Read more...Week In Review: November 26 – December 2, 2018
This week was a little slower on the blog but busy in the field. Did you catch American Battlefield Trust’s Facebook Live and see who was helping with the special event? We hope you’ll enjoy the links to these articles and happenings in our week in review…
Read more...December 2018 and January 2019 Presentations
December: 1st: Sarah Kay Bierle, Civil War Christmas Living History Event at Drum Barracks, Wilmington, CA 10th: Doug Crenshaw, The Seven Days, Richmond Civil War Roundtable 10th: Phill Greewalt: “Prospect Hill and the Battle of Fredericksburg,” Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable
Read more...Song
“All history proves that music is as indispensable to warfare as money; and money has been called the sinews of war. Music is the soul of Mars.” — New York Herald, 1862 * * * Chris Mackowski: “Bobby Horton and ‘The Kennesaw Line,’” an interview and additional resources—Web Exclusive Dan Welch: “The Civil […]
Read more...Film
“The biggest event in our history belongs on the biggest canvas humans can devise.” — William C. Davis “The Civil War and the Confederacy in Cinema,” The Cause Lost * * * ECW Posts about Civil War Movies: The Conundrum of Missouri Guerrilla Flicks by Kristen Pawlak The Battle of New Market on […]
Read more...Literature
“The real war will never get in the books.” — Walt Whitman, Specimen Days * * * Chris Mackowski: “Gods and Generals: A Conversation with Jeff Shaara“—Web Exclusive Stephen Davis: “The Delicious If: MacKinlay Kantor’s If the South Had Won the Civil War and Alternative History“—Web Exclusive * * * ECW […]
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