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Lessons for 2021 from POWs and Sieges
Last October I looked at how the broadly-parallel experiences of prisoners of war and besieged forces could provide perspectives on the coronavirus situation. Now, as 2020 turns into 2021, I again looked at these situations to see if there are … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Memory, Sieges, Ties to the War
Tagged Bastogne, Bataan, Corregidor, Knoxville, prisoners of war, Siege of Knoxville, World War II
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Primary Sources: Thoughts and Favorites
A primary source is defined as one produced by an eyewitness to an event offering their recollections. Some primary sources provide just basic facts with limited additional details. Other sources, like battle reports, provide more details but often offer little … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Primary Sources, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Bataan, Burma, Corregidor, General Grant, Grant's Memoirs, John T. Wilder, Manila, Marcus Toney, Munfordville, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Primary Sources, primary-sources-19, Simon Buckner, Wilbur Fisk, William Slim
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The Historic Harbors
A couple of weeks ago I attended a leadership retreat where a speaker touted the longtime importance of Hampton Roads as a harbor and host to very important events in American history. This got me thinking: what are the most … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Battlefields & Historic Places, Economics, Navies, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Charleston Harbor, Corregidor, CSS Shenandoah, CSS Virginia, Ellis Island, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, George Dewey, Hampton Roads, Hawaii, Japan, Liverpool, Manila, New York City, New York Harbor, Normandy, Operation Torch, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Portsmouth, Statue of Liberty, Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, U.S. Navy, USS Monitor, World War I, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: The Fall of Bataan
Today 75 years ago, Major General Edward P. King surrendered 76,000 American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. This is far and away the largest capitulation in American military history. Bataan’s fall is also rife with … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: Manila 1941
75 years ago today, Douglas MacArthur ordered the evacuation of Manila. Over the next week, a massive movement of personnel and supplies occurred from the Philippine capital to Bataan and Corregidor. Japanese forces entered Manila on January 2, 1942. There … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Wisconsin, Arthur MacArthur, Bataan, Civil War Echoes, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, Edward King, Lafayette McLaws, Last Stand on Bataan, Manila, Philippines, Richmond, Richmond Virginia, World War II
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Symposium Spotlight: Chris Kolakowski and the Fall of New Orleans
We are pleased to welcome back Christopher (Chris) L. Kolakowski. Chris is one of the original members of Emerging Civil War, and a regular on the Civil War Roundtable speakers circuit. His dynamic presentations at our past symposiums, have made him … Continue reading
Chambersburg Seminar Review
This past weekend I spoke at the Ed Bearss Civil War Seminar in Chambersburg. This is part of a series of events coordinated by Ted Alexander and the Chambersburg (Pa) Chamber of Commerce. More info is here: http://civilwarseminars.org/. For those … Continue reading
Kolakowski Comes Out of the Jungle
ECW offers our congratulations to Chris Kolakowski for his newest book! McFarland Press has just released his new book, Last Stand on Bataan. When he’s not been sailing the high seas with the Federal or Confederate navies here at Emerging Civil War, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Chris Kolakowski, Civil War Echoes, Last Stand on Bataan, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: Philippine Scouts
As many of you know, I’ve been working on a book about Bataan and Corregidor (it went to the publisher today). I’ve blogged and spoken about several Civil War connections to those battles and their participants. Here’s one I just … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Battle of Chickamauga, Corregidor, George Thomas, Philippine Scouts, Philippines, Rock of Chickamauga, USCT, World War II
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Saving the McLaws Silver
We sometimes forget how much we have depended on the last 150 years to ensure our Civil War heritage is here for us to enjoy and study. Myriad causes have removed pages from the Civil War story. The Second World War wiped … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Preservation, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Antietam, Army of Northern Virginia, Arthur MacArthur, Bataan, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Salem Church, CHristopher Memminger, Douglas MacArthur, Edward P. King, Georgia, Lafayette McLaws, Manila
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