Tag Archives: Gettysburg

German Prisoners of War in Gettysburg

Posted on October 28, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Jon Tracey A gathering of prisoners of war at Gettysburg doesn’t sound like a surprising topic at first glance. However, the soldiers in this particular camp were not Union or Confederate, they were … Continue reading →

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“Effect of a Shell on a Confederate”

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

A few weeks ago, as Brad Gottfried and I were looking through images for his upcoming Emerging Civil War Series book Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg, I came across one particularly grisly image among the many photos archived at the Library … Continue reading →

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Perceptions of Emancipation in Gettysburg, Part Three

Posted on September 24, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Jon Tracey The conclusion of a series (Part One, Part Two) As seen in Part One and Part Two, Gettysburg was a border town caught directly in the midst of national debates on emancipation during … Continue reading →

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Perceptions of Emancipation in Gettysburg, Part One

Posted on September 22, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Jon Tracey Part One of a series Before the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was a battlefield, it was simply a small town in south-central Pennsylvania within Adams County. A mere 7.5 miles from the … Continue reading →

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“We Stand Where Abraham Lincoln Stood…”: Dwight D. Eisenhower & Gettysburg

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Chris Mackowski just released a short video on the ECW YouTube page about President Eisenhower and Gettysburg: From military training of the battleground of Gettysburg to retiring and building a farmhouse in the community, Dwight D. Eisenhower was keenly aware … Continue reading →

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A Rope of Sand: Some thoughts on America after Confederate Independence

Posted on July 27, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Jim Morgan “A Southern Republic will be worse than a rope of sand with South Carolina at its head – arrogant, self-willed and dictatorial as she is.” –Former North Carolina Attorney General, Bartholomew F. Moore, December, … Continue reading →

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Unintentional Reconciliation  – Memorializing the Cavalry Fight at Gettysburg

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Cecily Nelson Zander

Though not far from the Civil War’s memorial epicenter, the cavalry battlefield at Gettysburg National Military Park sits relatively undisturbed by the crowds of tourists who come to see the site of the largest ever battle in the Western Hemisphere. … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The “Wounding” of Richard Ewell

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Arguably the most criticized member of the Confederate high command at Gettysburg was 46-year-old Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell. Ewell assumed command of the Confederate Second Corps prior to the Gettysburg Campaign, and after the death … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Bliss Farm

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. Just like many farms on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the roughly 60-acre farm of William and Adeline Bliss lay in the no-mans land of the Gettysburg battlefield, and in the midst of the battle, the Bliss barn … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The First Shot Marker

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Kristopher D. White

Part of a series. On the morning of July 1, 1863, the men of Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s division strode confidently toward the town of Gettysburg. Heth was a recent addition to the Army of Northern Virginia, having served at … Continue reading →

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