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Burying Their Friends: The VMI Cadets at New Market on May 17, 1864

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sarah Kay Bierle

It is quiet. The whispering hour of sunset fading into twilight. The traffic hums along on the adjacent Valley Pike, but the graveyard is silent. The dead I’ve come to remember aren’t actually here. Their bodies rest elsewhere—four in the … Continue reading →

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An Unknown Soldier At Port Hudson

Posted on May 25, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Dan Wambaugh Major Edward Bacon was under arrest. Formerly commander of the 6th Michigan infantry, he had openly criticized his division commander Brigadier General William Dwight too many times during the course of the … Continue reading →

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