Tag Archives: Bering Straits

Modern Photography: No Monuments on the Ocean

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

There are no monuments on the ocean, no crossroads in the great waters, no places echoing in heart and mind—Gettysburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga. But our Civil War ancestors were out there too and some of them still are. Names that resonate … Continue reading →

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The Final Gun

Posted on August 6, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes The CSS Shenandoah steamed northward through the Bering Sea in Arctic twilight. Shortly after midnight on June 22, 1865, the horizon was smudged by smoke from a whaler’s tryworks, … Continue reading →

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