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Civil War Trails: Chestertown, Maryland
Looking for a nice weekend getaway with a side of history? Let us recommend a visit to Chestertown. Take a long walk along the tree lined streets and soak up the impressive collection of period buildings that Chestertown boasts.
Maryland, My Maryland? Jefferson Davis and the Maryland Campaign of September 1862
Confederate soldiers splashing across the Potomac River in early September 1862 jubilantly bellowed out the tune “Maryland, My Maryland” as they marched into the Old Line State. Just months earlier, with the war escalating around the Confederate capital of Richmond, … Continue reading
The Yankee Soldier and the Belles of “Secession Proclivities”
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson With mid-February approaching, I went hunting for a North-South romance story to share on Valentine’s Day. In his well-researched study of Northern troops, The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier … Continue reading
Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 3
Part three in a series. Part One is here, and Part Two is here. War had come, and the people of Herkimer County, New York answered. Located towards the center of the state, the New Yorkers soon heard of Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th New York Infantry, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Charles P. Stone, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Christian Zugg, Cyrus Kellogg, Dranesville, Dranesville Home Guard, Fairfax Court House, Herkimer County, Lowe's Island, Maryland, McCarthy Lowe, New York, Oliver Darling, Robert Gracey, Seneca Mills, Stephen Farr, Wells Sponable, William Day, William LaDue
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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 5, 1862
While Confederate soldiers under “Stonewall” Jackson’s command poured across the Potomac River, Federal forces inside Washington’s fortifications continued to sort themselves out. President Lincoln met Ambrose Burnside this morning, offering him command of the army tasked with marching into Maryland … Continue reading
“A Time For Prayer And Sacrifice” – An Unpublished Account of the Pratt Street Riot, April 19, 1861
Emerging Civil War welcomes Jon-Erik M. Gilot When Sister Marie Therese Rainey, VHM, Order of the Visitation, passed away in January 2000, in Wheeling, West Virginia, she left a secret under her bed. Sister Marie had been living at Mount … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Primary Sources
Tagged 6th Massachusetts Infantry, baltimore, baltimore monastery, baltimore riot, Catholic, civil war religion, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Maryland, pratt street riot, sister marie therese, sisters of the baltimore visitation monastery
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ECW Weekender: National Cryptologic Museum
Want to look into the shadowy world of code-breaking and national security? Wondering what spies used for codes and code-breaking during the Civil War? A field trip to the National Cryptologic Museum near Fort Meade, Maryland, might be the perfect … Continue reading
Mourning a Friend
Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. died almost 130 years before I was born. And yet, as I read his letters from the Civil War, I found myself identifying with Vredenburgh and thinking of him as a close companion. Which perhaps explains why, … Continue reading
A Quiet Corner of the War
I recently had the chance to spend some time in Montgomery County, Maryland, just east of Washington, DC. I’m usually driving through on my way somewhere, so have never explored the area’s history very much. This particular day I was … Continue reading
The Blue and Gray
At last weekend’s symposium, several people asked me about my lapel pin, which is a Korean taeguk of blue and gray swirls chasing each other – the classic “yin and yang” shape. (It is pictured below.) I periodically wear the … Continue reading
