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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.
Coming Soon: Out Flew the Sabers!
In Out Flew the Sabers: The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863?The Opening Engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign, Civil War historians Eric J. Wittenberg and Daniel T. Davis have written the latest entry in Savas Beatie’s critically acclaimed Emerging … Continue reading
Symposium Takeaway: Dan Davis
We’ve asked our ECW historians to reflect on the symposium and share with us one or two takeaways they came away with. First up: Dan Davis. “Throughout the course of the weekend I had the opportunity to personally interact with … Continue reading
Posted in Symposium
Tagged Dan Davis, public history, Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium
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Sherman’s Memoirs Inspire Davis’ “Calamity”
By ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle After sitting down to read the memoirs of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman one year ago, Daniel T. Davis was sparked by the idea to write about the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville—two battles in … Continue reading
The Many Historical Hats of Phillip S. Greenwalt
By ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle Phillip S. Greenwalt is no stranger to history. His love for the subject stems from nostalgia, when, as a child, his father would take him to Civil War battlefields and explain the historical impact the … Continue reading
