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Michigan’s Spartans Go to War: The Class of 1861

Posted on May 17, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Adam Burke In 1855 the state of Michigan established the State Agricultural College in Lansing, MI. Today the institution is known as Michigan State University and boasts a beautiful and well landscaped 5,000 acre campus, … Continue reading →

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I Wish I Had Been in the Case: Portrait Photography, Federal Soldiers, and the Home Circle (part two)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by James Brookes

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author James Brookes. This is the second part of a two-part series. The mass transition of images between Federal soldiers and their home communities was entirely unprecedented. In February 1862, Humphrey’s Journal observed … Continue reading →

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The Western Federal

Posted on November 12, 2014 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jim Taub. As Joseph Polley, a sergeant of the 4th Texas Infantry, moved through the dense Georgia underbrush, the sounds and smells of battle overwhelmed his senses. The cracking of musketry and … Continue reading →

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The Other Port Royal

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Steward T. Henderson

When someone mentions Port Royal in the Civil War, most historians or scholars think of Port Royal, South Carolina and the Battle of Port Royal in November 1861.  There is another Port Royal that was very important during the Civil … Continue reading →

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