Tag Archives: Greg Mertz

Symposium Spotlight: The Death of Albert Sidney Johnston

Posted on May 2, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

By ECW Correspondent Shannon West Every spring, groups of Boy Scouts would wander the long, dirt-covered trails of Shiloh National Battlefield. Each step they took traced back to times of war where, in the spring of 1862, divisions marched with … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon: Attack at Daylight and Whip Them

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

The Emerging Civil War Series is finally breaking further into the Western Theater! Greg Mertz’s book, Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, allows the ECWS to head out West for the first time since Lee White’s … Continue reading →

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Day Five: Shiloh

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Part twelve in a series The swhrrrr of cicadas rises and falls like the heartbeat of the battlefield. I stand on the edge of Shiloh’s peach orchard, gazing through the trees at nothing in particular in the far distance. There’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Appomattox (part four)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

The doors of Wilmer McLean’s house stand wide open–front and back–and a bevy of Parks Service volunteers stand ready to funnel the throng through. A Park Service ranger stands in the hallway to ensure no one enacts any mischief in the … Continue reading →

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The Rappahannock

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Emerging Civil War

by Jason Klaiber, ECW Correspondent One hundred and fifty two years ago today, the Union army made a harrowing crossing over the Rappahannock River as it prepared to do battle in Fredericksburg. Now, a new documentary, Rappahannock, takes a fresh … Continue reading →

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