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Tag Archives: Battle of the Crater
Hispanic Americans in the Civil War
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), I’d like to provide our ECW readers with an overview of the contribution that Hispanic Americans made to the Civil War. Across the nation, Americans and immigrants that could … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Immigrants, Regiments
Tagged 1st California Cavalry Battalion, 23rd Massachusetts, 2nd Florida, 39th New York Regiment, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, 55th Alabama, 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Admiral David G. Farragut, Battle of the Crater, Captain Michael Usina, Cemetery Ridge, Col. Henry Pleasants, European Brigade, Fort Fisher, Garibaldi Guard, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics, John Ortega, Joseph H. De Castro, Lola Sanchez, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Louisiana Tigers, Luis Emilio, Medal of Honor, Petersburg, Phillip Bazaar, Socorro New Mexico, St. Johns River, USS Santiago de Cuba, USS Saratoga
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What If…USCT Led The Attack at the Battle of the Crater
Pondering our Emerging Civil War series about “What Ifs…?”, I thought about the many what if situations that I have been asked at either tours or talks that I have given. A visitor who knew that I was an author … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, USCT
Tagged African American soldiers, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of the Crater, Black soldiers, George G. Meade, James Ledlie, USCT, What if?, What-If-2022
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The Crater Sent a Monster Home to Maine
ECW is pleased to welcome back Brian Swartz, author of the new Emerging Civil War Series book Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War. Brian adapted this post for us from a series of posts published … Continue reading
A Legacy of Freedom: Nimrod Burke Provides a Link Between Two Emancipations
Robert Carter III’s 1791 Deed of Gift, which gradually freed 452 of his enslaved laborers, was the largest private emancipation of slaves until the American Civil War. Some of the descendants of the enslaved men, women, and children freed by … Continue reading
Public and Private Recollections of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander
ECW welcomes back guest author Abbi Smithmyer Nearly fifty years after the conclusion of the American Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander’s book Military Memoirs of a Confederate became available to the public. Alexander’s opening remarks begin with the following passage: … Continue reading
ECW Podcast “A Conversation with Charlie Knight” Is Now Available
And it’s podcast release day… In our newest episode of the Emerging Civil War podcast, Dan Welch talks with Charlie Knight about New Market, Little Billy Mahone, the Crater, and more. This recording was produced live from the Douglas MacArthur … Continue reading
Significant USCT Sites in the Eastern Theater: Virginia and Washington, DC
I have had a few inquiries about significant sites for the United States Colored Troops. Over the past several years, I have spoken about each of the five sites that I am writing about in this blog. I participated in … Continue reading
John Adams Elder: Fredericksburg’s Civil War Artist
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Michael Aubrecht Standing amid the soldiers’ and civilians’ graves in the Confederate Cemetery on Washington Avenue is a simple, elegant marker with the name “Elder” etched across its face. To the casual observer, this tombstone … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged art in europe, art in fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of the Crater, Civil War art, civil war artist, civil war paintings, emaneul leutze, Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, john elder, paintings, portraits, Portraiture, richmond mechanic institute
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Warrington G. Roberts: “Dedicated to the Proposition that All Men Are Created Equal”
Interred in grave 3287 at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery lays Warrington G. Roberts. This past Memorial Day I had the privilege of telling Roberts’s story during the annual Luminary program atop Marye’s Heights. Telling his story and digging even further … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Common Soldier, Lincoln, Reconstruction
Tagged 26th Indiana Infantry, 28th United States Colored Troops, Abraham Lincoln, Battle of the Crater, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg National Cemetery Luminaria, freedmen's bureau, Gettysburg Address, James Johnson, Warrington G. Roberts
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