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Railroads: A Little Music, A Little History About A Great Locomotive Chase

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

You’ve probably heard of Andrews’ Raid…but have you heard the musical piece by Robert W. Smith memorializing this ill-fated Civil War adventure on the tracks?

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The Trust’s Teacher Institute: Dan Welch’s Music Lesson

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

ECW’s Dan Welch has joined us in Philadelphia for the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute. He’s offering a fun session this afternoon that takes advantage of our location: “At the Hop” to “Love Train”: The Philadelphia Sound & Philly Soul.

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Into the Volcano with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

Part I of this tale left the lonely Arkansas and Captain Isaac N. Brown on July 15, 1862, facing a gauntlet of Yankee deep-water warships, steam rams, river ironclads, gunboats, and bomb vessels as he ran down the Mississippi toward Vicksburg. … Continue reading →

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A History of Civil War Drummer Boys (Part 2)

Posted on July 28, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back Michael Aubrecht to share Part 2 of his article Perhaps the most photographed drummer boy of the American Civil War, Robert Henry Hendershot, was known as the “Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock.” His nickname supposedly … Continue reading →

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A History of Civil War Drummer Boys (Part 1)

Posted on July 27, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Michael Aubrecht Throughout the history of warfare musicians have always played an important role on the battlefield. Military music has served many purposes including marching cadences, bugle calls and funeral dirges. … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: 2nd S.C. String Band

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

I love the 2nd South Carolina String Band, and you should, too!

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Creating Music For A Historical Drama: An Interview With Dane B. Frazier

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Have you ever tried to watch a movie that has no soundtrack? Plots and conflicts may be perfect and paired with dialogue that is realistic, but the film will probably lack the emotional context. Music has a way playing with … Continue reading →

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The Clara Barton Sessions

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Meg Groeling

So a musician walks into the Clara Barton Missing Soldier Museum and says . . . “What a great performance space!” If Miss Barton’s ghost was there, I bet she was surprised, but eventually, I am pretty sure she was … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Berkeley Plantation

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Not far from the Malvern Hill battlefield runs a stretch of historic James River Plantations with plenty of history of their own. Foremost among them is Berkeley Plantation, where I recently made a visit in order to track down the … Continue reading →

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“Sally had a baby, and the baby had red hair”—part two

Posted on May 24, 2013 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we bring you the second part of Lance Herdegen’s two-part piece about the music of the Iron Brigade, which was not only one of the most famous fighting units in the Army of the Potomac but whose members also … Continue reading →

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