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Symposium Spotlight: An Overview of Turning Points
by ECW correspondent Lucas Sperduti Historian and award-winning author Robert M. Dunkerly will start off the 2018 Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge as the first speaker to take the stage. Dunkerly holds a degree in history from St. … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Symposium
Tagged Bert Dunkerly, Lucas Sperduti, Symposium 2018, Symposium Spotlight 2018, Turning Points
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On Location: Charlotte, NC
One of the most oddball monuments I’ve ever seen is in Charlotte, North Carolina, embedded in the sidewalk. Last summer, I finally went On Location to seek it out: the spot where Jefferson Davis heard the news about Lincoln’s assassination. Check … Continue reading
A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part three)
(part three of five) I’ve been talking with Dave Ruth, who retired this week as superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield after serving there for 26 years. During yesterday’s segment of my conversation with Dave, we talked about the important preservation … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Adams Farm, Bert Dunkerly, Bobby Krick, Civil War Trust, Cold Harbor, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Crew House, Dave Ruth, Gaines's Mill, Henrico Country, James Lighthizer, Malvern Hill, Mike Gorman, P.I.P., Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rural Plains, Rural Plains Foundation, Sesquicentennial, Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Symposium Spotlight: Bert Dunkerly
Over the next several weeks we’ll be introducing you to the 2018 ECW Symposium full line-up of speakers. You’ll not only be able to learn a little bit more about the outstanding historians and speakers that will presenting at the … Continue reading
Lee and Guerrilla Warfare
Two days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, a council of officers in what was left of the bedraggled Army of Northern Virginia hashed out three possible options for Robert E. Lee to consider. General John Brown Gordon, who was not … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Bert Dunkerly, Dan Davis, Edward Porter Alexander, guerrilla warfare, John Brown Gordon, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee, Surrender, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series
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ECW Digital Shorts: The Long Encampment at Seven Pines by Robert Dunkerly
The latest Emerging Civil War Digital Short is now available in the wake of the anniversary of the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines. The Long Encampment at Seven Pines, June 2-28, 1862 by Robert M. Dunkerly tells the story of … Continue reading
Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part four
Part four of five In yesterday’s segment of my interview with bookseller Marc Ramsey of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers, he mentioned a recent book panel he served on where he doled out his best-book recommendations for 2016. But now, he said, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged A Glorious Army, Abraham Lincoln, Berry Benson, Bert Dunkerly, Chris Kolakowski, David Dixon Porter, Dawn of Victory, Dennis Rasbach, Edward Alexander, Elmira Prison, Fort Stedman, Grant's Last Battle, Jeffrey Wert, John B. Gordon, Joshua Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Julia Grant, Leadership, Lee's Lieutenants, Lincoln in Richmond, Lincoln's Greatest Journey, Mary Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Palmetto Sharshooters, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Time-to-Talk-Civil-War-Books-with-Marc-Ramsey, To the Bitter End, Under the Blue Pennant
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ECW5: Bert Dunkerly
by Bert Dunkerly Sometimes the best thing is saved for last. You’ll see what I mean.
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged appendices, Bert Dunkerly, ECW-Turns-5, Emerging Civil War Series
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In Memory of Wiley Sword
ECW was saddened to hear of the death this week of historian Wiley Sword. Sword passed away on Monday at the age of 77. Sword was one of the best-known voices of the Western Theater, and his series of letters … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged Bert Dunkerly, Blue & Gray, Chris Kolakowski, Dave Powell, David Roth, Edward Alexander, Lee White, Wiley Sword
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This Just In: To the Bitter End!
Look what arrived on Bert Dunkerly’s doorstep this afternoon: hot-off-the-presses copies of his book To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy. Bert will be hitting the road in support of his new book, so … Continue reading
