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2023 Year in Review: #8
Our Top Ten of 2023 Countdown continues…. We have a well-known duet between the 20th Maine and the 15th Alabama. They danced on July 2, 1863, and the aftermath of that match-up comes in at #8 on our countdown. Posted on July 2, 2023 by Sarah Kay Bierle: Recovering the Wounded? 20th Maine and 15th […]
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...Book Review: The Creation of a Crusader
The Creation of a Crusader: Senator Thomas Morris and the Birth of the Antislavery Movement. By David. C. Crago. Kent: Kent State University Press, 2023. Softcover, 248 pp. $39.95 Reviewed by Sarah Kay Bierle In the 1830s the debate and discourse about slavery in the United States changed tone. For generations, there had been advocates […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: December ’23–January ’24
Who’s on the road for ECW this coming month? Here’s our upcoming travel schedule: December 2023 7: Chris Mackowski, “Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg,” Fredericksburg Rotary 10: Jon-Erik Gilot, Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Dan Sickles Civil War Roundtable (virtual) 11: Sarah Kay Bierle, “Then Christmas Came,” Rappahannock Civil War Round Table, Fredericksburg, VA […]
Read more...Book Review: A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond
A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond. By John Banks. Gettysburg: Gettysburg Publishing, 2023. 320 pp. $28.95 Reviewed by Sarah Kay Bierle The peaceful, harrowing, and adventurous feeling of “battlefielding” comes through the pages of John Banks’s book, A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond. […]
Read more...Baby Fever: 1863 Style
This seems to be a stage of my life when many of my friends are expecting babies, so recently some of my spare time has been occupied with coordinating RSVP lists for baby showers, assembling baby shower party favors, and shopping for baby clothes for gifts. I might have a little baby fever at the […]
Read more...Shrouded Veterans – Researching & Remembering
For Veterans’ Day, Sarah Kay Bierle and Frank Jastrzembski recorded a conversation about the work of researching, identifying, and marking the graves of 19th Century U.S. Soldiers. Frank’s mission, Shrouded Veterans, has marked hundreds of graves in the United States and internationally. Here’s a link to the video: If you’d prefer to listen to the […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: Nov.–Dec. 2023
November: 1: Derek Maxfield, “Man of Fire,” Inland Empire CWRT (virtual) 2: Bert Dunkerly, “Civil War Railroads” Petersburg (VA) Civil War Round Table 4: Chris Mackowski, “The Great Battle Never Fought: Mine Run,” Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Annual Dinner, Lake of the Woods, VA 7: Dwight Hughes, “The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far,” […]
Read more...Bristoe Station 160th Anniversary Recap
If you missed last weekend’s Bristoe Station 160th anniversary, don’t worry–we have you covered! Our own Dan Davis, Chris Mackowski, and Kevin Pawlak made a series of videos for the American Battlefield Trust to commemorate the anniversary. Kevin is the site manager at Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, which is operated by Prince William County, […]
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