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Tag Archives: Civil War Christmas
ECW Weekender: Historic Holiday Events In Prince William County
What historic sites in your area are hosting Civil War Christmas Events? We’d love to hear about them in the comments. Our friends in Prince William County are hosting Civil War Christmas Events at two of their historic sites. Check … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War Christmas, ECW Weekender, Prince William County, Weekender
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The Arrival of a Christmas Box in Camp
The Knox boys in the 30th Virginia Regiment spent the final ten months of the Civil War in the trenches of the Howlett Line. This line of Confederate defenses spanned the Bermuda Hundred area, and the soldiers here spent days … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Holidays, Primary Sources
Tagged 30th Virginia, Civil War Christmas, Knox Family
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Keeping Tradition… “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”
One of the ever-popular Christmas blog posts on Emerging Civil War is Meg Groeling’s article about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his war era poem that became a holiday song. As we come to the end of a day that is … Continue reading
General Sherman’s Christmas in Savannah
Despite the dire predictions of what the terrible Sherman might do to the fine city of Savannah once he got his claws on it, the people of the city soon found that the lion had turned pussycat. Of course, anything … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 12/24-12/30/18
It’s the season of fanciful wishes, so… If you could time-travel to spend Christmas or New Year’s at a Civil War camp or headquarters, who would you spend the holidays with? Why?
Christmas 1863: “So Good-bye Homesicknesses”
This week I looked at some excerpts from Elisha Hunt Rhodes’s Civil War journal and found some interesting happenings in this Union soldier’s Christmas 155 years ago. Winter quarters, re-enlistment, patriotism, and Christmas made their way into his writings at … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War Christmas, diary, Elisha Hunt Rhodes, primary source, Union enlistments
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The Grinch of St. Joseph, Missouri
Nearly 100 years before the 1957 classic Dr. Seuss book appeared on the shelves, there was another Grinch who lived in the frontier town of St. Joseph, Missouri during the Civil War. Typically, we think of Christmas during the Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Newspapers, Trans-Mississippi
Tagged Civil War Christmas, Missouri, St. Joseph, Trans-Mississippi
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ECW Weekender: Christmas at Ellwood
Raise your hand if you went to Ellwood Manor with us during the Chancellorsville Tour at the 2018 ECW Symposium? Now, imagine that wonderfully restored 19th Century home decked for the holidays and filled with music and laughter. Sound intriguing … Continue reading
Civil War Cookie Cutters—An Actual Thing
No matter how much of a foodie one may be, there is always something appealing about home-made cookies shaped using a cookie cutter. The most popular flavors are sugar and gingerbread, as those doughs are the easiest to roll out … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 12/3-12/9/18
In your opinion, what’s the “classic” Civil War Christmas story/account?
Posted in Holidays, Question of the Week
Tagged Civil War Christmas, Question of the Week
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