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ECW Weekender: Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas
Located 67 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida and comprised of 16 million bricks sits the still unfinished Third System Fort Jefferson. Construction began in 1846 and the installation was named after the third president of the … Continue reading
Learning Civil War History: The Pandemic Perspective
On January 18, 2021, I began teaching a Civil War history class at Penn State, where most instruction is currently taking place via the (now) ubiquitous Zoom platform. I have been fortunate to teach the department’s Civil War survey in … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Chris Mackowski, emancipation, Emerging Civil War, Glory, online teaching, Penn State, teaching
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Space, “Western Theater” not the Final Frontier
(Editor’s Note: The ECW YouTube page will feature videos from Phill’s trip over the next few weeks, kicked off by this discussion, which is also available as an ECW Podcast.) Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a few battlefields … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Trails, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, Confederacy, Emerging Civil War, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park, Kentucky, Mississippi, National Park Service, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Shiloh National Military Park, Siege of Vicksburg, Tennessee, Ulysse S. Grant, Western theater
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Symposium Spotlight: Edward Alexander
In this week’s Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we welcome ECW member and master Civil War cartographer, Edward Alexander. Continue reading to learn more about Edward Alexander.
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Symposium
Tagged Edward Alexander, Emerging Civil War, Symposium 2020
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“Ms. Yulee…asked me if I could conceal a very valuable trunk…”
On the night of April 14, 1865 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Confederate Captain Micajah H. Clark with assistance packed into ambulances and wagons Confederate Government archives, baggage of Confederate officials, and $35,000 in currency. Their goal was to secrete these … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Fort Clinch
In the northeast corner of the state, on the northern tip of Amelia Island, Florida, sits one of the best preserved 19th-century brick and mortar fortifications. Fort Clinch. The fort was part of the third system program, part of the … Continue reading
Civil War Railroads – Introduction
Railroad iron is a magician’s rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water. Ralph Waldo Emerson During the American Civil War, railroad iron evoked and moved more than natural energies. Along the iron tracks rattled … Continue reading
Posted in Weapons
Tagged civil-war-railroads-18, Emerging Civil War, introduction, railroads
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Symposium Spotlight: Matt Atkinson
Civil War historians and enthusiasts alike have always regarded the battle of Gettysburg and the Union victory there as a turning point of the war. Other campaigns and battles were happening at the same time, however. So what was the … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Chris Mackowski
For this year’s Sunday morning battlefield, Chris Mackowski will be leading us across the very ground where one of the biggest turning points in the Confederate war effort happened, Chancellorsville. In this week’s symposium spotlight, Chris previews his battlefield tour … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: Christopher Kolakowski
Welcome back to another installment of our 2018 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight. Our final speaker on Saturday, August 4, will be Christopher Kolakowski. He will bridge the divide between battlefield and political turning points of the war as he … Continue reading
