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Jeb Stuart, Rob Orrison, and a Media Ethics Case Study

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

An editorial in today’s Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star lauds a recent court decision to remove a portrait of Confederate cavalry commander Jeb Stuart from the Patrick County courtroom. Accompanying the editorial online was a file photo of ECW’s own Rob Orrison leaning … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Preservation

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

A misguided column appeared in today’s Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free Lance-Star that gives preservation-minded folks reason to pause. Columnist Donnie Johnston denounced battlefield preservation as an nothing more than an effort to strip landowners of their rights in the name of “glorifying … Continue reading →

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“VMI Will Be Heard From Today”

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Phill Greenwalt

“You may go forward, then.” With those five words, Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson ordered Brigadier General Robert Rodes’ division forward. As Jackson had said earlier on the May 2, 1863, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) would be heard from that … Continue reading →

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