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Tag Archives: Gary Gallagher
A Conversation with Carol Reardon (part six)
(part six in a series) To help commemorate Women’s History Month, I’m talking this week with Carol Reardon. In yesterday’s segment, she talked about ways that she has learned, as an academic and a public historian, to reach wider and … Continue reading
E.P. Alexander’s Research Methodology
Every Civil War scholar should be familiar with the writings of Confederate First Corps artillerist Edward Porter Alexander (no relation). Many know him through Gary Gallagher’s compilation of his papers from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North … Continue reading
A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part four)
(part four of four) We’ve been talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, author and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Currently on the history faculty at Purdue University, she’ll take up a new post next fall … Continue reading
A Monumental Discussion: Sarah Kay Bierle
Ever played the ice-breaker game “Two Truths & A Lie?” The concept is that everyone makes three statements (usually about themselves) and the others have to guess which are true and which is a lie. Now, let’s be clear, I … Continue reading
Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part three
Part three of five My conversation continues with Marc Ramsey, owner of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers in suburban Richmond. Yesterday, Marc talked about falling in love with the Civil War through books and through battlefielding. Eventually, that led to a career … Continue reading
Paying My Respects to a “Bad, Old” Opponent
In Lynchburg, Virginia, for a speaking engagement, I have stopped by Jubal Early’s gravesite to pay my respects. It is grudging respect, to be sure—but I cannot deny he has been a formidable foe. Certainly, time has proven Jubal Early … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Slavery, Ties to the War
Tagged Gary Gallagher, Jubal Early, Lost Cause, Lynchurg
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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part two)
part two of five We continue today our conversation with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf on “The Future of Civil War History.” Dana and I spoke at the very beginning of June. Yesterday, during the first part of our … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged academia, academic history, Catherine Clinton, Civil War Times, Dana Shoaf, Dana-Shoaf-Interview, David Powell, Eric Wittenberg, Free State of Jones, Gary Gallagher, James McPherson, Jonathan Noyalas, Jonathan White, Keith Bohannon, Lesley Gordon, military history, Noah Andre Trudeau, Society of Civil War Historians
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Thomas Nast from the North Anna River: “On to Richmond”
One of my favorite images of the Civil War comes from the June 18, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. The image, by Thomas Nast, is titled “The Campaign in Virginia—“On to Richmond!” and it accompanied the paper’s coverage of the … Continue reading
Black Confederates: Laborers or Soldiers? (part one)
part one of a series When I first arrived at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in 2005, I was very interested in researching black Confederate soldiers. Over the past 11 years, I have read books on this subject, … Continue reading
Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 11: Gary Gallagher, ECW, and the Wild West of Civil War Blogging (part one)
I’ve had two experiences recently that have given me pause to consider the relationship between history and blogging—and, by extension, that’s given me the opportunity to reflect on our specific mission here at Emerging Civil War. The first was a … Continue reading
