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Tag Archives: Kris White
The Trust’s Teacher Institute: Teaching Through Turning Points with Kris White
What is a turning point? That’s the question Kris White asked the assembled room of teachers in Valley Forge. They’d come to his Teacher Institute workshop to hear him talk about “Teaching Through Turning Points.” As co-editor of ECW’s Turning … Continue reading
The Trust’s Teacher Institute: The American Way of War
As a precursor for the rest of the conference, where we’ll be spending so much time talking about two different wars, Kris White kicked off the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute with an overview of “The American Way of War.” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Preservation, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, American Way of War, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz, Dennis Mahan, George Washington, Kris White, military history, Napoleon, Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary War, Russell Weigley, Teacher Institute 2018, warfare, World War Two, WWII
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The Valley Forge Summer of the American Battlefield Trust
I’m in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for a few days, for the American Battlefield Trust’s Teachers Institute. Nearly 200 teachers have come here from all across the country, from as far as Huntington Beach, California, and Sturgis, South Dakota. I’ve chatted … Continue reading
Scenes from Vicksburg (postscript)
part of a series After my two and a half days in Vicksburg, I’m safely ensconced back home in the heart of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. But wow, what a time I had. I had a few … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Monuments, National Park Service, Navies, Sieges
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Bill Justice, Facebook Live, Illinois Monument, John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky Monument, Kris White, Parker Hills, Ray Hamel, scenes-from-Vicksburg-155th, Scott Babinowich, Siege of Vicksburg, USS Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park
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Facebook LIVE from Vicksburg, Today through Thursday!
We’re hitting Facebook LIVE again this week, this time from the banks of the Father of All Rivers. Yep—ECW is heading to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to broadcast live! Emerging Civil War is pleased to once again partner with the American Battlefield … Continue reading
A Sentence About the Vicksburg Campaign as Winding as the Mississippi Delta
I’m getting ready to head to Vicksburg, Mississippi, this week to join Kris White and the American Battlefield Trust for a series of Facebook LIVE events beginning on Tuesday. (more details to come soon!) While I’ve been studying up with … Continue reading
Simply Murder: The New, Expanded Edition Now Available
Today is the 155th anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg. Because many ECW historians are based in the Fredericksburg area or have worked at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, we’ve written about the battle of Fredericksburg a lot over … Continue reading
The Woundings of Jackson and Longstreet
The circumstances were eerily similar: both Confederate lieutenant generals had led successful flank attacks through the dark, close woods of the Wilderness when they were accidentally shot by their own men. For both Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, it seemed … Continue reading
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
My Favorite Historical Person: Captain Sewell Gray
“Sabbath and a lovelier day never overtook a soldier,” wrote Capt. Sewell Gray on the day he died. It was Sunday, May 3, 1863, and Gray, a 22-year-old captain with the 6th Maine Infantry, was among 4,700 soldiers ordered to … Continue reading
