Tag Archives: Albert Sydney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston at Fort Point: Where Narratives Collide

Posted on January 11, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Katy Berman… Fort Point, a National Historic Site at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, was built to deter a naval invasion of California. It was completed on the eve of the … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: June 8, 2014

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

At Shiloh, Albert Sidney Johnston put himself in harm’s way trying to redeem a reputation bruised by the fall of forts Henry and Donelson two month’s earlier. Because he put himself in a position no general of his rank should … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: The ways we remember the war

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Part two in a series “We may say that only at the moment when Lee handed Grant his sword was the Confederacy born,” wrote Robert Penn Warren during the Civil War’s centennial; “or to state matters another way, in the … Continue reading →

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