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Tag Archives: Gettysburg
Question of the Week: 7/2-7/8/18
In your opinion, which general – Union or Confederate – made the most difference during the Battle of Gettysburg? Why?
Artillery: Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac
From Little Round Top, Henry J. Hunt – Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac – observed the opening shots of the Confederate artillery barrage near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863. From his vantage point gained during … Continue reading
Maine at War: A Conversation with Writer Brian Swartz (part four)
conclusion to a four-part series In wrapping up yesterday’s segment, Brian Swartz, author of the Maine at War blog, mentioned Tom Huntington’s new book, Maine Roads to Gettysburg. “He has done Maine history quite a service in articulating the stories … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged 16th Maine, 17th Maine, 19th Maine, 1st Maine Cavalry, 4th Maine, Brian Swartz, Charles Tilden, Col. Elijah Walker, Conversation-with-Brian-Swartz, From Blandensburg to Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, John Prince, Jonathan Cilley, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Maine, Maine at War, Maine at War book series, Maine Origins Publishing, Maine Roads to Gettysburg, Tom Huntington
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Symposium Spotlight: Matt Atkinson
Civil War historians and enthusiasts alike have always regarded the battle of Gettysburg and the Union victory there as a turning point of the war. Other campaigns and battles were happening at the same time, however. So what was the … 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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Year In Review 2017: #6
Analysis of Civil War photographs and the era’s changing attitudes toward death are addressed in this informative and reflective blog post. Using some well-known photographs from Gettysburg battlefield, the author discusses the history surrounding the images.
Turning Point: Assault on Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts
Around a small hamlet in southern Pennsylvania, Robert E. Lee’s vaunted Army of Northern Virginia was stymied and driven back after three days, July 1st through the 3rd, of bloodletting at the Battle of Gettysburg. A turning point in the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 1863, 54th Massachusetts, African-American, Battery Wagner, Chicago Tribune, Douglas Egerton, Douglas R. Egerton, Edwin Stanton, Gettysburg, Horace Greeley, John Andrews, Joseph Holt, July 18, Medal of Honor, North, Port Hudson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Gould Shaw, Siege of Vicksburg, slavery, South Carolina, Southern, Thunder at the Gates, Tullahoma Campaign, Ulysses S. Grant, USCT, Vicksburg Campaign, William Harvey Carney
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Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who knew? (Part 2)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson Part 2 (Part 1 is available here.) The story of how a memorial to Confederate soldiers landed on Martha’s Vineyard in 1925 actually begins in 1891. That’s when the Soldiers’ Memorial … Continue reading
Book Review: “Double Canister At Ten Yards”
There’s a saying among Civil War historians, it might be old but no one is really sure of it’s earliest origins. The saying goes that if 10,000 books have been written on the American Civil War, 9,000 of them have … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors
Tagged "Double Canister At Ten Yards", Book Review, David L. Shultz, Gettysburg, Savas Beatie
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