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On Location: The Site of James McPherson’s Death
July 22 is the anniversary of James McPherson’s death in 1864 during the battle of Atlanta. During my recent trip to the city, I went On Location to the spot where McPherson fell. ECW’s Steve Davis makes a special appearance, … Continue reading
The Book Index: Why It Matters (To Readers of Civil War Books)
Think back to the last non-fiction Civil War book that you read. How many times did you refer to the index? If you read the book from front to back, the index probably did not factor significantly into your experience. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War
Tagged Battle Cry of Freedom, books, indexes, indexing, James Buchanan, James McPherson, publishing
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Shelby Foote as the Angel of Death
I’ve been doing some research lately on Shelby Foote and his work on The Civil War: A Narrative. In his correspondence with his friend and fellow writer Walker Percy, Foote provided ongoing updates about his progress on the work, which … Continue reading
The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part two)
part two of five We continue today our conversation with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf on “The Future of Civil War History.” Dana and I spoke at the very beginning of June. Yesterday, during the first part of our … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged academia, academic history, Catherine Clinton, Civil War Times, Dana Shoaf, Dana-Shoaf-Interview, David Powell, Eric Wittenberg, Free State of Jones, Gary Gallagher, James McPherson, Jonathan Noyalas, Jonathan White, Keith Bohannon, Lesley Gordon, military history, Noah Andre Trudeau, Society of Civil War Historians
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The Future of Civil War History: Brian Matthew Jordan
by Brian Matthew Jordan In an oft-cited 1998 essay, Edward L. Ayers appealed eloquently to his fellow Civil War historians. It was time, he maintained, to “worry” about the Civil War—to revive the paradoxes, uncertainties, and skepticism that celebratory chronicles … Continue reading
The Cosmopolitanism of the Union Army: What Did It Mean?
I was recently assessing the demographic makeup of Union and Confederate armies in my Civil War and Reconstruction class when one of my students asked a thought-provoking question: “What percentage of the Union Army was northern, white, English-speaking, and native-born?” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier, USCT
Tagged African American soldiers, Bill Freehling, Cosmopolitanism, Ethnicity, German soldiers, Irish soldiers, James McPherson, USCT
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From Raymond to Vicksburg: In the Footsteps of an Illinois Battery
A few weeks ago I was looking through the pictures that I took on the Western Tour Chris Mackowski, his daughter Steph and I did in May. As I progressed through the pictures of the Raymond battlefield and at Vicksburg, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Illinois Artillery, Army of the Tennessee, Battery D, Battle of Raymond, Battle of Shiloh, Captain Henry Rogers, Fort Donelson, James McPherson, John Bell Hood, John Logan, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, North Georgia Campaign, Siege of Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, XVII Corps
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Day One: James McPherson
Part two in a series James McPherson still finds himself surrounded by Southerners. The difference now, though, is that the shady neighborhood of small, tight houses seems far more hospitable than the Confederate skirmishers that surrounded him on July 22, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Atlanta, Civil War Trip 2015, James McPherson, mcpherson monument, monuments
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Death of an Army Commander
150 years ago today at 11 AM, the U.S. Army lost its first-ever Army Commander to die at the head of his troops, Major General James B. McPherson of the Army of the Tennessee. General McPherson grew up in Ohio … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, James McPherson
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Killed in Action
Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the death of Union Major General John Sedgwick, the victim of a Confederate sharpshooter. At the time “Uncle John” commanded the VI Corps. By date of rank he was the senior U.S. casualty of … Continue reading
