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More from Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day 2019
By Terry Rensel One of the great perks of relocating from Alaska to central Virginia this past summer is that I get to have an almost constant emergence into all things Civil War pretty much whenever I want. Yesterday was … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: The Plank Farm at Gettysburg Has Been Saved
Just this week, the American Battlefield Trust and the Land Conservancy of Adams County announced they have officially saved the 143-acre Plank Farm at Gettysburg. Over the course of the three-day battle in July 1863, troops of both armies moved … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Preservation
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Gettysburg, Hospital, Plank Farm
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Book Review: “Gettysburg: Kids Who Did the Impossible”
All I can think of is “What fun to do this book!” Gettysburg: Kids Who Did the Impossible is a children’s book featuring two reasonably adorable children and several other reenactors who have combined forces to tell the stories of the young … Continue reading
“Intruder in the Dust” and Pickett’s Charge
In year’s past on July 3, we’ve shared the words of William Faulkner from Intruder in the Dust that recount that moment, just before the start of Pickett’s Charge, pregnant with possibility. Today, on our YouTube page, I took a … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Memory
Tagged Gettysburg, Intruder in the Dust, Pickett's Charge, William Faulkner
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Vicksburg or Gettysburg? LeRoy Gresham’s Words
It’s a long and continuing debate. Vicksburg or Gettysburg? Which is more important? Or are they inseparable? Certainly, Gettysburg tends to overshadow Vicksburg in public history interest. But how did people of the 1860’s view the two events? Pondering this … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Civilian, Primary Sources
Tagged Gettysburg, LeRoy Wiley Gresham, primary source, Vicksburg
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Saving History Saturday: American Battlefield Trust to Save Field Hospital Site at Gettysburg
Recently, the American Battlefield Trust (in partnership with the Land Conservancy of Adams County) announced their latest campaign to save more hallowed ground at Gettysburg, less than one month out from the battle’s 156th anniversary. Not far from the Seminary … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: American Battlefield Trust Saves Seminary Ridge
Ever since the American Battlefield Trust was rebranded in May of 2018, it has been tackling a major preservation effort on Gettysburg’s famous Seminary Ridge. Though just 18 acres, this property sits on ground that witnessed some of the fiercest … Continue reading
ECW Podcast “The Last Road and New Co-Host” Is Now Available
It’s the first ECW Podcast of 2019! We’re welcoming a new co-host on the podcast and talking about one of the most studied campaigns of the Civil War. Join Chris Mackowski for a conversation with ECW’s Dan Welch, co-author of “The … Continue reading
Reconsidering “Gettysburg”
ECW welcomes guest author Tom McMillan I was at a movie theatre in suburban Pittsburgh on an otherwise forgettable rainy Tuesday night in the fall of 1993. “I left my spectacles over there,” General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate … Continue reading
