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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part one)
part one of five In June, Emerging Civil War ran a series called “The Future of Civil War History,” inspired by the June issue of the academic journal Civil War History. We kicked off that series with an interview with … Continue reading
What Historians Really Do–Part 1
Elmer Ellsworth. This is the man who has been the focus of my intellectual life for over ten years, although there were times earlier that he was certainly in my sights. Who knows exactly why one person, one battle, one … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged aftermath of battle, American Public University, Chris Mackowski, EE Brownell, Elmer Ellsworth, Kenosha, Kenosha Civil War Museum, Kris White, Memory, Savas Beatie
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The Future of Civil War History: Meg Groeling
The society and culture that produced the Civil War is nowhere near as simple as military history would have one believe. To cling to these cherished simplicities–battle, campaign, and commander analysis alone–is to do little more than brush the surface … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War in Pop Culture, Civilian, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Material Culture, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Navies, Newspapers, Personalities, Photography, Politics, Preservation, Symposium, Ties to the War
Tagged Gods and Generals, Memory, Preservation, Stonewall Jackson, The-Future-of-Civil-War-History, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer
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Elmer Ellsworth was NOT a Derp!!! (Well, maybe a little bit of a Derp . . . but he’s my Derp!)
As I grind through sourcing First Fallen this summer, which is insanely frustrating at times, I had to decide just what I could go dig into myself and what I might–yes–here it comes . . . need to hire a … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civil War in Pop Culture, Common Soldier, Memory
Tagged Brown University, Elmer Ellsworth, Eric Wittenberg, John Hay Library, Memory, Photography
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Question of the Week: April 18-24, 2016
For this week’s Question of the Week, Phill Greenwalt asks: Do you think the Civil War was an “Irrepressible Conflict” or the product of “a Blundering Generation”?
Posted in Antebellum South, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Politics
Tagged causes of the war, Memory, politics, Question of the Week
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The man in the corner…
Colonel Anson Stager is not exactly a household name, even to many students of the Civil War. If your reading has taken you into the arcana of military codes, or if you are a fan of late 19th Century industrialization, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Newspapers, Politics, Western Theater
Tagged Chickamauga, Garfield, Memory, Rosecrans, Stager, Stanton
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A View and A Memory
On a recent park training held in Harper’s Ferry, I had the chance, after class, to drive over to Antietam National Battlefield and walk the grounds as the sun set on a crisp autumn day. In fact, the training was … Continue reading
What should we make of Franz Sigel?
I usually think of Franz Sigel as one of those “punchline” commanders, figures of general (ahem) ridicule in the Civil War. Benjamin F. Butler? Who doesn’t think of “spoons” and chamber pots? Braxton Bragg? The officer who quarrelled with himself, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Franz Sigel, Leadership, Memory, New Market
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Some Thoughts on Lee-Jackson Day
The weather could not have been more beautiful in Lexington, Virginia, on Saturday morning as hundreds of Confederate devotees gathered for the annual Lee-Jackson Day commemoration. The day itself—still observed as a legal holiday in parts of Virginia—falls on January … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Holidays, Memory
Tagged Confederate Culture Wars, Confederate Flag, Confederate memory, Lee Chapel, Lee-Jackson Day, Lexington, Memory, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jackson House, Virginia Flaggers, Washington & Lee, Washington and Lee University
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Ed Bonekemper’s Lost Cause Fact-Check (part two)
Part two of two During his adventures traveling the country, talking to Civil War groups, Edward Bonekemper III kept encountering the same Lost Cause quandary. “I continued to speak to well-informed groups of people and was surprised by the great … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Slavery
Tagged Ed Bonekemper, Edward Bonekemper, Gettysburg, James Longstreet, Lost Cause, Lost-Cause-Fact-Check, Memory, slavery
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