Tag Archives: Gettysburg Cyclorama

Gettysburg’s Famed Pickett’s Charge is Reimagined by Civil War Trust and Hirshhorn Museum

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Check out this neat announcement from the Civil War Trust. In a different kind of preservation, preserving the memory of Pickett’s Charge, the Trust looks at a contemporary interpretation of the famed nineteenth-century  Gettysburg cyclorama. Keep reading to find out … Continue reading →

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A Backstage Tour of the Atlanta Cyclorama (part four)

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part four of four) We’ve been touring this week the new Atlanta cyclorama building at the Atlanta History Center—a state-of-the-art complex built specifically to showcase The Battle of Atlanta, a painting that depicts the July 22, 1864, Confederate breakthrough during … Continue reading →

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A Backstage Tour of the Atlanta Cyclorama (part three)

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part three of four) We continue today our behind-the-scenes tour of the Atlanta cyclorama at the Atlanta History Center’s Lloyd and Mary Ann Whitaker Cyclorama Building. Our guide is Dr. Gordon Jones, chief military historian and curator for the museum. … Continue reading →

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A Backstage Tour of the Atlanta Cyclorama (part two)

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part two of four) Back in June, I had the privilege to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the new cyclorama facility at the Atlanta History Center. This week, I’m glad to finally share my adventure with you. In yesterday’s segment, … Continue reading →

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In the Round: The Gettysburg Cyclorama

Posted on December 6, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today we are pleased to welcome back guest author, Michael Aubrecht. Additional posts about the Cyclorama are also available in our archive. ECW Correspondent Liam McGurl visited the Cyclorama in November, 2016. In July, 2015, Chris Mackowski reviewed The Gettysburg Cyclorama: The … Continue reading →

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A Visit to the Gettysburg Cyclorama

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Liam McGurl

I’d seen the Gettysburg Cyclorama once before — while in high school and on my way to Washington, D.C.—but had virtually no appreciation for the events it displays. Suppressed by a senior trip agenda, my last stop in Gettysburg was … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: Jim Broomall (part one)

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part one of a four-part interview What’s the future of Civil War history? That’s the question very much on the mind of Dr. James Broomall these days. Broomall—or “Jim,” as we call him around here at ECW—is the director of … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: “The Aftermath of War” at Liberty University

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

Civil War buffs in (and traveling to) the Lynchburg, Virginia, area get a treat in April when Liberty University’s Department of History presents “Civil War Seminar 2016: The Aftermath of War.” The event will be held April 8-9 in the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Gettysburg Cyclorama

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Having worked so much at the Wilderness, I don’t buy into that whole “Gettysburg as the turning point of the Civil War” nonsense. Aside from that premise, though, there’s little negative to say about Chris Brenneman and Sue Boardman’s stunning … Continue reading →

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The Lost Tower Rising

Posted on July 25, 2014 by ECW Guest Post

We’re pleased today to welcome guest author William B. Styple to Emerging Civil War. Styple is the author of a number of must-have Civil War books too numerous to mention here (but if you don’t have them, go visit his website … Continue reading →

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