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A Conversation with Hallowed Ground‘s Mary Koik (part three)
(part three of a four-part series) Mark Koik has been editor of the Civil War Trust’s magazine Hallowed Ground for more than a decade. In yesterday’s segment, told ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski, “It’s calculus, trying to figure out what to … Continue reading
Symposium Speaker Lineup Change
We wanted to make you aware that we have had to make a change to one of the topics for this year’s symposium. Due to circumstances beyond his control, Lee White, will be unable to make it to this year’s … Continue reading
Political Discourse, 1880s style:
A friend sent me this, which was published in the Robinson (IL) Argus, July 15, 1880: Ed Harlan, in his speech here at the Hancock (Wm [sic] Scott) ratification meeting made the statement that Gen. Garfield played the part of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Politics
Tagged Chickamauga
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Recollections of Confederate Officers for The News
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author, Joe Owen. This post concludes Sergeant Val Giles’ newspaper account originally of published in the Galveston Daily News on May 16, 1897. You may read the first part here.
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Newspapers, Primary Sources
Tagged 11th Georgia Infantry, 1st Texas Infantry, 49th Virginia Infantry, 4th Texas Infantry, Arthur Freemantle, Belle Boyd, Chickamauga, Extra Billy Smith, Falling Waters, Gettysburg, James Longstreet, James Pettigrew, John Bell Hood, Judson Kilpatrick, Robert E. Lee, Vicksburg
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Recollections of Confederate Officers for The News
Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author, Joe Owen. Joe has provided an account from Sergeant Val Giles of the 4th Texas Infantry. It was originally published in The Galveston Daily News on May 16, 1897.
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Primary Sources
Tagged 4th Texas Infantry, Battle of Gaines Mill, Chickamauga, Henry Benning, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Roger Pryor, Stonewall Jackson
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Longstreet Goes West: Conclusions
James Longstreet’s time in the Western Theater has by and large, not garnered accolades. The prevailing western-centric view casts him as a haughty eastern interloper, come to further his own ambitions at Bragg’s expense. Historians of a more eastern bent … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Bragg, Chickamauga, civil war memory, historiography, Leadership, Longstreet, Longstreet-Goes-West, monuments
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Chickamauga and Resaca in March 2017
Dear readers, Some of you may know that every year I organize a two-day tour in March, to Chickamauga. This year, the dates are March 10-11, 2017. We will be exploring the new Georgia Park at Resaca, and then spending … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged battlefields, Chickamauga, National Park Service, Resaca
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The Year in Review 2016: #9
In August, Dave Powell kicked off an extended series about Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, the “Old Warhorse” of Robert E. Lee, who went west to aid in the ailing Confederate effort in Tennessee. Longstreet performed well at Chickamauga, but then went … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part nine: The November of our discontent
Part Nine in a Series Both Bragg and Longstreet – indeed every Confederate from Richmond on down – understood that to be successful, any movement into East Tennessee must be conducted quickly, and in sufficient strength. The idea was to … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Bragg, Chickamauga, civil war memory, historiography, Leadership, Longstreet, Longstreet-Goes-West, monuments
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