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Western Swing: Day 06
The American Battlefield Trust took a day off yesterday posting videos from our trip. (I think they’re trying to time things out so that our videos from Nashville show up on the anniversary of the last day of the battle!) … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter Cotton Gin, Carter House, Chris Mackowski, Eric Jacobson, Franklin, Franklin's Charge, Garry Adelman, Joseph Ricci, Kris White, Patrick Clebourne, Preservation, Western-Swing-2021
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: That Furious Struggle
Like The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson and Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness, That Furious Struggle: The Battle of Chancellorsville had a previous life as part of a book series Kris White and I worked on for Fredericksburg … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Attack at Daylight and Whip Them, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Crossroads of Fire, CVBT, ECWS-Series, Emerging Civil War Series, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Friends of Fredericksburg Area Battlefields, Greg Mertz, Hell Itself, Jerry Brent, Jim Lighthizer, Kris White, Preservation, Preservation Edition, That Furious Struggle
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Join Us on the Battlefield this Summer
ECW is happy to promote our latest collaboration with the American Battlefield Trust: Twilight Pop Up Tours. These free two-hour walking tours take place on a few Friday evenings this summer, highlighting crucial properties the Trust has helped preserve. Join … Continue reading
Preserving a Key Turning Point at the Wilderness
I’m pleased to be helping the American Battlefield Trust (ABT) and the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) raise money to preserve a piece of the Wilderness battlefield. ABT asked me to do a little battlefielding on behalf of the project … Continue reading
The “Absolutely Incomparable” Land at the Intersection of Gaines’s Mill and Cold Harbor
One of the most fascinating parts of Richmond National Battlefield is that the 1862 battlefield of Gaines’s Mill sits perpendicular to the 1864 battle of Cold Harbor—on the same ground. This week, the American Battlefield Trust announced a campaign to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Photography, Preservation, YouTube
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Gaines Mill, Battle of Gaines's Mill, Bert Dunkerly, Bob Krick, Cold Harbor, Doug Crenshaw, Ed Bearrs, Gaines Mill, Gaines's Mill, Garry Adelman, Historic Adams Farm, Preservation, Richmond National Battlefield
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History Education and the American Battlefield Trust
I have the good fortune of being able to do a lot of work with the American Battlefield Trust, as do many of my Emerging Civil War colleagues. In particular, we do a lot with ABT’s education department. (As an … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, education, Jim Lighthizer
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Congratulations and Best Wishes to Jim Lighthizer on His Final Day as President of the American Battlefield Trust
Today marks James Lighthizer’s final day as the president of the American Battlefield Trust. For nearly two decades, Jim has been a household name in the Civil War community for his leadership in the battlefield preservation community. ECW wishes him … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Battlefield Preservation, David Duncan, James Lighthizer, Jim Lighthizer, OJL
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The Civil War Zoom Boom, part one: The American Battlefield Trust
(part one in a series) It’s been a while since I’ve channel surfed on TV, but Civil War buffs scrolling through their evening Facebook feeds might feel a little deja vu these days. Since the pandemic lock-down triggered stay-at-home orders … Continue reading
A Conversation with Garry Adelman (conclusion)
part six of a six-part series I’ve been talking this week with Garry Adelman, chief historian at the American Battlefield Trust. Garry wears many other hats, though, including Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg and co-founder of the Center for Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged ABT, Al Benson, American Battlefield Trust, Andy Poulton, Bob Zeller, Capital District Civil War Roundtable, CCWP, Center for Civil War Photography, Civil War Monitor, Conversation-with-Garry-Adelman, Dan Davis, Garry Adelman, Jennifer Adelman, Kris White, Primary Sources, Rob Gibson, Sue Knost, William Frassanito
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A Conversation with Garry Adelman (part four)
part four of a six-part series I’m talking this week with my friend Garry Adelman, the chief historian at the American Battlefield Trust. In the first segments of our conversation, Garry traced his winding professional path, following his passion. We … Continue reading
