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Tag Archives: Gettysburg National Military Park
Podcast Additional Resources: “Favorite Sites at Gettysburg”
If you’re a subscriber and enjoyed the Gettysburg podcast episode from last week, we’ve rounded up some extra resources. Not quite sure where to start exploring lesser-known sites on Gettysburg battlefield? We’ve got some suggestions. Whether is military history, civilian … Continue reading
Where Are They? (Gettysburg, Of Course)
Around ECW “Headquarters”, our managing editor has been asking the question “where is everyone?” Answer: Gettysburg. Of course! And we are delighted for those who made the trek or are working the summer months at this special battlefield. Want to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged Gettysburg National Military Park, YouTube
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ECW Podcast “Favorite Sites at Gettysburg” Is Now Available
Emerging Civil War’s Dan Welch is back in Gettysburg for the summer. He and podcast co-host Chris Mackowski talk about some of Dan’s favorite places to visit on the battlefield. We’re sure this episode will get your ready for a … Continue reading
Preservation News: Shutdown Impacts Civil War Battlefields and How You Can Help
For nearly three weeks so far, the national government has been under a partial shutdown, heavily impacting all levels of American government, especially affecting the National Parks. Since it is only a partial shutdown, many parks remain open to visitors, … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Antietam National Battlefield, Battlefield Clean-Up, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, government shutdown, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield, National Park Service, National Parks Conservation Association, preservation news, Vicksburg National Military Park, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
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ECW Weekender: Gettysburg Sites (Off The Beaten Path)
Going to Gettysburg this weekend or at some other time this summer? We’ve got a list of sites you might want to explore. In 2016, Kristopher White wrote a series called Gettysburg: Off The Beaten Path, and these historic locations … Continue reading
A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part two)
(part two of five) As we continue our Women’s History Month commemoration, we’re talking his week with Emma Murphy, a park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. Prior to landing her full-time permanent position there, she’d been working most … Continue reading
A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part one)
(part one of five) As we continue our series of interviews for Women’s History Month, we spend time this week with Emma Murphy, a park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greenville, Tennessee. Emma has a bachelor’s degree … Continue reading
Gettysburg’s Famed Pickett’s Charge is Reimagined by Civil War Trust and Hirshhorn Museum
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
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Material Culture, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Civil War Trust, Cyclorama, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Cyclorama, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service, Pickett's Charge, Preservation
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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Gettysburg vs. Petersburg
A veteran Union general reflected on battlefield landscapes, markers, and monuments several decades after the war during a visit to Petersburg, Virginia. There is a peculiar impressiveness about the forsaken. Some deep places in us are moved by a forlorn … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged battlefield markers, battlefield monuments, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, Joshua Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, markers-and-monuments-17, no monuments, Petersburg, Petersburg National Battlefield
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ECW Weekender: Gettysburg Field Hospital Sites
As the sun set on the Gettysburg battlefield on July 3, 1863, although the sound of combat faded into history, a new battle was just beginning. Over the course of the three day engagement, 51,000 men became casualties. That number … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Material Culture, Medical, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, battlefield preservation, Civil War books, Civil War medicine, Field Hospital, Gettysburg National Military Park, Historic Preservation, Medical
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