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Tag Archives: Benjamin Butler
Fort Monroe: History & Personal Reflections
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Michael Nelson. The Fort’s Story I spent nearly two years working at Fort Monroe National Monument as a communications assistant in the Casemate Museum. The museum covers over 400 years of history at Fort … Continue reading
Railroads – “The Seventh Have Come!”: The 7th New York, 8th Massachusetts, and the Rescue of Washington
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Nathan Marzoli Washington was in trouble in the spring of 1861. Secessionist fever had broken into conflict with the attack on Fort Sumter, prompting President Lincoln to issue a call three days later for 75,000 … Continue reading
Butler’s Decision at Bermuda Hundred
Major General Benjamin Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign in May of 1864 is often dismissed quickly and simply as a failure. Commentators usually invoke Major General U.S. Grant’s quote about a “bottle strongly corked.” It is true that Butler could have … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Ties to the War
Tagged Anzio, Army of the James, Benjamin Butler, Bermuda Hundred
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Freedom’s Forts
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Steve T. Phan “The Red-Legged Devils have returned” was the battle cry as elements of the modern Co. A, 5th New York Infantry, “Duryee’s Zouaves,” arrived to Fortress Monroe National Monument in 2018. … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Benjamin Butler, contraband, Fortress Washington, living history, Steve T. Phan
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Assigning Blame at Drewry’s Bluff: Whiting and Ransom
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sean Michael Chick When General P.G.T. Beauregard attacked Major General Benjamin Butler at Drewry’s Bluff on May 16, 1864, he intended to win a great victory. The plan was for Butler to be … Continue reading
The Decision to Attach William F. Smith to the Army of the James
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sean Michael Chick Major General William Farrar Smith is one of the Civil War’s most controversial commanders. He was twice removed from command. He was once considered for an army command. He was … Continue reading
From a Former Prisoner to Another: Brigadier General William Stephen Walker and the Roots of Reconciliation
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick A wonderful example of the kind of empathy that helped to make reconciliation possible was the capture of Brigadier General William Stephen Walker in 1864. Walker was born … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Primary Sources
Tagged 142nd New York Infantry, 17th South Carolina Infantry, 18th South Carolina Infantry, 22nd South Carolina Infantry, 23rd South Carolina Infantry, 26th South Carolina Infantry, 39th Illinois Infantry, 67th Ohio Infantry, 6th Connecticut Infantry, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry, Benjamin Butler, Bermuda Hundred, Jefferson Davis, John J. Craven, Lucy Holcombe Legion, Quincy Gilmore, Sean Michael Chick, Thomas Clingman, William Stephen Walker
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The Reminiscences of a Union Prison Guard
As a special part of this year’s Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, we’re pleased to welcome Dr. Kelly D. Mezurek, a member of ECW’s “Engaging the Civil War” Series editorial board and author of A Cause … Continue reading
Posted in Symposium, Upcoming Events, USCT
Tagged 4th U.S.C.T., A Regiment of Slave: The 4th United States Infantry, Benjamin Butler, Edward G. Longacre, Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, Green Springs Cemetery, Harford County, Jarrett Morgan, Kelly Mezurek, Point Lookout, Stevenson Ridge, Symposium 2017, Symposium Spotlight, Symposium Spotlight 2017, U.S.C.T., Union prisons, William Hoffman
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The Best Missed Opportunity at Richmond
We are pleased to welcome back guest author Doug Crenshaw, who continues to look at communications mishaps during the campaigns for Richmond. Today, he turns to 1864. As they peered over the walls of Fort Harrison, Confederate soldiers witnessed an … Continue reading
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
