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Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who knew? (Part 2)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson Part 2 (Part 1 is available here.) The story of how a memorial to Confederate soldiers landed on Martha’s Vineyard in 1925 actually begins in 1891. That’s when the Soldiers’ Memorial … Continue reading
Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who Knew? (Part 1)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson My home state of Massachusetts, like its five New England sister states, proudly displays a rich Civil War legacy. Many municipal parks and public buildings here feature a monument or memorial … Continue reading
General Ward and the Ever Victorious Army
North America was not the only place roiled by Civil War in the early 1860s – China was undergoing its own civil war in the eastern provinces around Shanghai, known as the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864). The rebellion climaxed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battles, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sieges
Tagged China, Chinese Gordon, Crimean War, Ever Victorious Army, Filibuster Army, Frederick Townsend Ward, Henry Burgevine, Massachusetts, mercenaries, Ningbo, Norwich University, Philippines, Salem, Shanghai, soldiers from Massachusetts, Taiping Rebellion
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Recruiting a Regiment: Thomas G. Stevenson and the 24th Massachusetts
As one of the ranking officers with the New England Guard, a prewar militia group based in Boston, Thomas Greeley Stevenson felt primed for leadership when the Civil War broke out. Answering the call to arms, he and a close … Continue reading
Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 13: Repatriating Court Documents Stolen from Stafford Courthouse, Virginia, by Union Troops in 1862
Guest post by George H. Bresnick, director of the H. Stanley Bresnick Foundation The countryside around Stafford, Virginia, was devastated by the occupation forces of the Union Army in November, 1862. So severe was the physical damage and the loss of population … Continue reading
Repatriating Court Documents Stolen from Stafford Courthouse, Virginia, by Union Troops in 1862
Guest post by George H. Bresnick, director of the H. Stanley Bresnick Foundation The countryside around Stafford, Virginia, was devastated by the occupation forces of the Union Army in November, 1862. So severe was the physical damage and the loss of population … Continue reading
