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“The Batteries On Each Side Ceased Firing”: Civilians In Antietam’s Cross Fire
While the Confederate and Union artillery guns dueled during the morning hours of September 17, 1862, their shells flew over the farm land and homes of local civilians. Long before the Sharpsburg area became a battlefield, it was quiet community … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Battles, Civilian
Tagged artillery, Battle of Antietam, civilians, Henry Jackson Hunt, John Pelham
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“Angry Enough to Give Them Battle”: Hungry Civilians and Soldiers Fight Over Food
ECW welcomes Katie Brown to share Part 3 of her research. (Find the previous posts here.) Hunger was an omnipresent force that haunted almost everyone in Civil War America. One of the most troubling aspects of hunger was its impact … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged civilians, food, foraging, homefront, Hunger-Civil-War, Katie Brown, starvation
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Stout Hearts: Attempting to Feed Both Civilians and Soldiers
ECW welcomes Katie Brown to share Part 2 of her research. (Find Part 1 here) “The provision blockade is nothing; we shall have wheat, corn, and beef beyond measure…,” Sergeant S.R. Cockrill of Tennessee assured a friend in June 1861, … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged Benjamin Butler, civilians, food, Hunger-Civil-War, John Bell Hood, Katie Brown, morale, rations, starvation
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Christmas in the Hospitals: Bringing Cheer to a Dreary Holidays
It is never fun to spend the holidays in the hospital and it was no different during the Civil War. Soldiers in pain from battle wounds or suffering from diseases or infections, sometimes exasperated by wartime shortages, made the holiday … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 3/5-3/11/18
March is Women’s History Month, so… Who’s your favorite woman from the Civil War era? Why?
Soldier-Artists and the Battle Experience (Part II)
This is the second of two posts regarding soldier-artists and their depictions of the experience of battle. Part I may be found here. To appreciate the extent that images such as Adolph Metzner’s Cozy corner defied the conventions of mainstream art, it … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Mexican War, Photography, Primary Sources, Weapons
Tagged Armies, art, battlefields, Battles, Civil War, civilians, common soldiers, Material Culture, Newspapers, Officers, Photography, Primary Sources, Visual Culture, War art, Weapons
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Soldier-Artists and the Battle Experience (Part I)
This is the first of two posts regarding soldier-artists and their depictions of the experience of battle. “Pshaw. It’s no use, they can’t picture a battle,” exclaimed the young son of Reverend A. M. Stewart of the 102nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, a … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Newspapers, Photography, Primary Sources, Weapons
Tagged Armies, art, artists, battlefields, Battles, Civil War, civilians, common soldiers, Material Culture, Newspapers, Officers, Photography, Primary Sources, Visual Culture, War art, Weapons
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ECW Weekender: Ben Lomond Historic Site
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Paige Gibbons Backus A mile away from the Manassas National Battlefield, hidden amongst suburbia and shopping centers, stands Ben Lomond Historic Site, a pre-war Virginia plantation house managed by Prince William County’s Historic Preservation Division. … Continue reading
Petersburg’s Second Presbyterian Church and the Christmas of 1864
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Mike Wright. The Christmas season of 1864 at Petersburg would never be forgotten by the soldiers who manned the trenches or the citizens of the town, including the members at Second … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 6/6-6/12/16
From Sarah Kay Bierle: If you could meet a civilian from the war era, who would it be? (Remember political leaders often fall into the civilian category too.)
