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Walking the Battlefield – Fort Blakely, Mobile, Alabama
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sheritta Bitikofer… On the evening of April 9, 1865, the same day as Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, another battle was taking place on the opposite side of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th Iowa, 37th Illinois, 97th Illinois, Alabama, Army of West Mississippi, Blakely, Christopher Andrews, Dabney H. Maury, District of the Gulf, earthworks, Edward R. S. Canby, Fort Blakely, Historic Blakely State Park, Medal of Honor, Mobile Bay, Patrick H. Pentzer, Randall Gibson, Spanish Fort, St. John R. Liddell
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Space, “Western Theater” not the Final Frontier
(Editor’s Note: The ECW YouTube page will feature videos from Phill’s trip over the next few weeks, kicked off by this discussion, which is also available as an ECW Podcast.) Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a few battlefields … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Trails, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, Confederacy, Emerging Civil War, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park, Kentucky, Mississippi, National Park Service, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Shiloh National Military Park, Siege of Vicksburg, Tennessee, Ulysse S. Grant, Western theater
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“Something Abides”: Joshua L. Chamberlain and Civil War Memory
As it was for millions of his generation, the Civil War was the defining event of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s life. Veterans from both sides took understandable pride in their service, wrote their memoirs, and joined veterans’ organizations. In all of … Continue reading
The Night That Decided the Confederate President
In February 1861, delegates from the six seceded states—South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama to craft a new nation. In order to do so, a leader, a provisional president, would be elected as the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Ties to the War
Tagged Alabama, Alexander Stephens, Confederate President, Confederate States of America, Florida, Georgia, Howell Cobb, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, Montgomery, Robert Toombs, South Carolina, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy, Thomas Cobb, William C. Davis
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1860’s Politics: An ECW Weekender Trip To The First Confederate White House
Looking for a historical site to visit in Alabama that has lots of Civil War political history?
Posted in ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, Politics
Tagged Alabama, Jefferson Davis, travels, White House
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ECW Weekender: The First White House of the Confederacy
While the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond has been swallowed up by Virginia Commonwealth University’s medical complex, the First White House of the Confederacy enjoys a prominent spot on a corner right across from the Alabama State Capitol … Continue reading
Day Two: Selma
Part six in a series We walk across the bridge in single file, not shoulder to shoulder as the marchers did in 1865. And we take the sidewalk, not the traffic lanes. And we’re greeted by a super-friendly local named … Continue reading
Forrest’s Farewell
Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest issued a farewell message to his cavalrymen, concentrated in Gainesville, Alabama, 150 years ago today: By an agreement made between Liet.-Gen. Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama. Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and Major-Gen. Canby, commanding … Continue reading
