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A Conversation with Dave Roth (part two)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

(part two in a five-part series) I’m talking this week with Dave Roth, editor and publisher of Blue & Gray Magazine and recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. Yesterday, Dave explained how he, … Continue reading →

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An Elusive Doctor at Gettysburg

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle. Generals oversee battles. Soldiers fight. Civilians hide. Surgeons amputate. What does a medical director do during a battle? More specifically: what did Dr. Hunter McGuire do at Gettysburg? … Continue reading →

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“Telling History” vs “Making Art”: Richard Ewell on July 1

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

My favorite scene in the movie Gettysburg comes when a fiery Isaac Trimble, taught as an over-coiled spring, appears before Robert E. Lee to recount the events of July 1. Frustrated by Richard Ewell’s inaction in front of Cemetery Hill … Continue reading →

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