Tag Archives: 2nd South Carolina

Re-evaluating Ezra Carman: Triangulating the 2nd South Carolina’s Second Assault at Antietam

Posted on January 4, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Chris Bryan… Ezra Ayers Carman, who commanded the 13th New Jersey at Antietam, wrote a seminal work on the Maryland Campaign based upon correspondences with veterans during the 1890s and 1900s. It is … Continue reading →

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The Army of Northern Virginia’s Great Winter Battles

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Kristopher D. White

Since nearly half of the authors at Emerging Civil War are snowed in this weekend, and all of us at the site have been living with the great debate of the week—over canonizing Lee and Jackson, or hanging them from … Continue reading →

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Sergeant Kirkland: Warrior Angel at Marye’s Heights

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Sarah Kay Bierle

On the night of December 13, 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg was over, but the soldiers didn’t know it yet. All they knew was the bone-chilling cold, the shrieks and moans of the wounded, the sweeping wind, and the Northern lights … Continue reading →

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