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A Conversation with Garry Adelman (conclusion)
part six of a six-part series I’ve been talking this week with Garry Adelman, chief historian at the American Battlefield Trust. Garry wears many other hats, though, including Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg and co-founder of the Center for Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Personalities, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged ABT, Al Benson, American Battlefield Trust, Andy Poulton, Bob Zeller, Capital District Civil War Roundtable, CCWP, Center for Civil War Photography, Civil War Monitor, Conversation-with-Garry-Adelman, Dan Davis, Garry Adelman, Jennifer Adelman, Kris White, Primary Sources, Rob Gibson, Sue Knost, William Frassanito
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TONIGHT: The American Battlefield Trust’s Civil War Fantasy Draft
Join ECW tonight at 7:15 for a fun Facebook LIVE special event sponsored by the American Battlefield Trust: The Civil War Fantasy Draft! ECW historians Dan Davis, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, Dave Powell, and Kris White will be participating, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Preservation
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, Civil War Fantasy Draft, Conner Townsend, Dan Davis, Dave Powell, Doug Douds, Garry Adelman, Jim Hessler, Kris White, Wayne Motts
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The Trust’s Teacher Institute 2019: Dan Davis, the Rev War, and the Southern Campaign
Dan Davis, on the stage now at the Trust’s 2019 National Teacher Institute, provides a great overview of the Southern Campaign from the Revolutionary War.
The American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute 2019
In another couple of hours, the Marriott’s main ballroom will fill with nearly 200 teachers from across the U.S. They’ve assembled here in Raleigh, North Carolina, to participate in the 2019 National Teacher Institute sponsored by the American Battlefield Trust. … Continue reading
ECW Podcast “Levi Bowen & The 7th Pennsylvania Reserves” Is Now Available
Do you have ancestors who fought in the Civil War? The Civil War gets personal for ECW’s Dan Davis in this week’s podcast as he joins Chris Mackowski to talk about a family ancestor, Levi Bowen of the 7th PA … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Podcast
Tagged 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, Dan Davis, ECW Podcast, emerging civil war podcast, Levi Bowen, podcast
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Facebook LIVE from Payne’s Farm 155
Today is the 155th anniversary of the battle of Payne’s Farm, the most significant action of the Mine Run Campaign. I had the chance to commemorate the day with the American Battlefield Trust out in the field and on Facebook … Continue reading
American Battlefield Trust at Chickamauga LIVE
It’s the 150th anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga. Our friends at the American Battlefield Trust are on there, broadcasting through Facebook LIVE. If you haven’t been following along, we encourage you to tune in throughout the day on Thursday. … Continue reading
The Valley Forge Summer of the American Battlefield Trust
I’m in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for a few days, for the American Battlefield Trust’s Teachers Institute. Nearly 200 teachers have come here from all across the country, from as far as Huntington Beach, California, and Sturgis, South Dakota. I’ve chatted … 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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ECW5: Dan Davis
If I had to choose one memory (although there are a bunch I could have gone with) it is the Western Tour that Chris Mackowski and I did last May/June.
