Tag Archives: Historic Preservation

Question of the Week: 2/26-3/4/18

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Through the recent decades, battlefield preservation organizations have saved significant tracts of Civil War battlegrounds. Is there a particular preservation effort that you think was most important? Why?

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Preservation News: CVBT Announces Preservation Award Recipient

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Our friends at the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust have recently released their Winter 2017-2018 newsletter, On the skirmish line. In this latest issue, they share the news of the recent recipient of their Dr. Michael P. Stevens Preservation Award, D.P. … Continue reading →

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A Message from the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

This week in our Preservation News, we share with you a message from Tom Van Winkle, president of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust. The CVBT works tirelessly to preserve and interpret battlefields in Central Virginia. If you have not already … Continue reading →

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Civil War Trust Honors Preservationists

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Several weeks ago, the Civil War Trust presented several awards in the field of preservation to groups and individuals that have gone above and beyond to save our nation’s history. Those awarded come from all walks of life and groups … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Gettysburg Field Hospital Sites

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Daniel Welch

As the sun set on the Gettysburg battlefield on July 3, 1863, although the sound of combat faded into history, a new battle was just beginning. Over the course of the three day engagement, 51,000 men became casualties. That number … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Protection at Mansfield

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

This spring, the Civil War Trust, along with Cleco, announced the protection of more than a dozen acres of battlefield ground in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana’s Lt. Governor, Billy Nungesser, as well as Civil War Trust Chairman emeritus John L. … Continue reading →

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On the March with the Civil War Trust

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The Civil War Trust has been very busy as of late, marching forward on all fronts of preservation. Just several weeks ago, the Trust, along with many other preservation organizations in the Shenandoah Valley took a moment to reflect on … Continue reading →

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Money vs Memory

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Chris Kolakowski

Editor’s Note: ECW is committed to historical preservation. Although Chris Kolakowski reacts to an instance related to a different war, this is something of concern to the general preservation community, so we’re pleased to bring it to our readers’ attention. … Continue reading →

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History in the Making: Interpretive Responsibility and the Teaching of History as Product and Process

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Ashley M. Whitehead

One of the many topics of the Civil War Sesquicentennial conversation is (or at least should be) how we, as human beings, construct historical memory and how we ourselves become historians (sometimes knowing, other times not) of our collective past. … Continue reading →

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