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Saving History Saturday: Adams County Historical Society Receives $1 Million Challenge Grant
The Adams County (PA.) Historical Society recently announced that they have received a $1 million challenge grant towards their new history center. Gettysburg residents Pauline and David LeVan have issued the “all-or-nothing” challenge. This means that if ACHS can raise … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, Museum, Saving History Saturday
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Saving History Saturday: Little Round Top Rehabilitation Project Scheduled to Begin
The closure of Little Round Top at Gettysburg is scheduled to finally begin the week of July 25th. The closure and beginning of rehabilitation work was originally supposed to begin in the spring but was delayed. The installation of fencing, … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Beyond the Battle: Museum of the Adams County Historical Society
Local officials in Gettysburg, as well as Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently toured the Adams County Historical Society’s new museum Beyond the Battle. A part of the Adams County Historical Society’s new 29,000 square foot history center complex. Nearly $10 … Continue reading
More than Just Jackson: The Army of Northern Virginia’s Casualties in the Officer Corps at Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson died on May 10, 1863. Ever since, his loss has been held up as a key factor in why the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was never the same. “If only Jackson…” begins many counter-factuals. In the wake … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Gettysburg Rehabilitation Work
Land stabilization and reclamation work began in March at Gettysburg National Military Park. Work at Devil’s Den began on March 21st and is expected to take five to six months. This is the first of several projects, and areas of … Continue reading
March 2022 Maine at War Posts
In March 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a Gettysburg mystery solved to Confederate mayhem upon the sea and a young soldier’s last letter before the Wilderness. March 9, 2022: Reign of terror off Nova Scotia, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Adriatic, Alonzo Z. Parsons, Bob Velke, Brian Swartz, Brunswick, Cape Fear, Cape Sable Island, Carl Chatto, Caroline, Chandler M. Jewett, Chatham, Cornish, CSS Tallahassee, Dorchester, Dover, Dover-Foxcroft, Eliza Parsons, Ellis Spear, Floral Wreath, Foxcroft, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Greenleaf Lodge, Halifax, Hiram, Howard, Jefferson Davis, John C. Wadsworth, John Taylor Wood, Kennebec River, Levi Blake, Lingan, Little Round Top, Long Island, Lydia M. Hall, Maine at War, Maine State Archives. Mary E. Howes, New York City, New York Pilot Boat 22, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, oothbay, Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Portland Daily Press, Portland Harbor, Rappahannock Station, Restless, Riverside Cemetery, Sanford, Sarah B. Harris, Steve Dow, Ulysses S. Grant, Walter G. Morrill, Wheatfield, wilderness, William Parsons, Williamsburg, York County, Zachary Taylor
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ECW Weekender: Closing Devil’s Den and Little Round Top
Time is running out for you to visit two of the most awe-inspiring sites at Gettysburg-Devil’s Den and Little Round Top. The National Park Service (NPS) plans to close Devil’s Den on Monday, March 21, 2022, for approximately six months. … Continue reading
February 2022 Maine at War posts
In February 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a cavalry trooper who would not quit to loyal Unionists suddenly trapped behind enemy lines in the Lone Star State.
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Tagged 1st Maine Cavalry, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th Maine Infantry, A.K.P. Small, Afghanistan, Albert Cole, Alfred Pleasonton, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Station, Augusta, Bangor, Brian Swartz, Charles Almond McIntyre, Charles City Road, Clover Hill, Cooke County, Cornish, CSS Neptune, David McMurtrie Gregg, Deep Bottom, Dinwiddie Court House, Ebenezer McIntyre, Edward P. Tobie, Ellis Spear, Frances H. Chase, Franklin Bean, freedom, Galveston, Gary Lemaster, George W. Bicknell, Gettysburg, Great Hanging at Gainesville, Greenleaf Lodge, Hagerstown, Hannah Fales McIntyre, Hanover Road, Indian Territory, John B. Gordon, John B. McGruder, John C. Wadsworth, John Frederic Deane, John Irvin Gregg, Jonathan Prince Cilley, Joshua Chamberlain, Leon Smith, Libby Prison, Little Round Top, Lone Star State, Louisiana Military Academy, Lynchburg, Macon, Matamoros, Mexico, Midcoast, New Orleans, Orinda McIntyre, Oscar McIntyre, Overland Campaign, Pauline Spear, Philadelphia, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Richmond, Riverside Cemetery, Robert E. Lee, Seba McIntyre, South Portland, Texas, Thomaston, U.S. Navy, USS Harriet Lane, USS Westfield, V Corps, Walter Q. Brown, Warren, White Oak Swamp, White’s Tavern, William E. Clarke, William Justus C. McIntyre, William Renshaw, William T. Sherman, XXIV Corps, York County
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2022 Women’s History Month with Emerging Civil War
March is Women’s History Month, and ECW will be highlighting some extra accounts about women and their experiences, achievements, and challenges connected to the Civil War and 1860s. Chris Heisey’s photograph from Gettysburg’s Evergreen Cemetery contrasts Eliza Thorn’s courage and … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Photography
Tagged Eliza Thorn, Gettysburg, Women's History Month, Women's History Month 2022
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