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National Park Records Release
The National Park Service this week released decades of park records for public search and use. Their press release reads as follows: The National Park Service (NPS) today unveils a newly launched public website: pubs.etic.nps.gov that is making more than 32,000 NPS … Continue reading
A Conversation with Emma Murphy (part one)
(part one of five) As we continue our series of interviews for Women’s History Month, we spend time this week with Emma Murphy, a park guide at Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greenville, Tennessee. Emma has a bachelor’s degree … Continue reading
A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part three)
(part three of four) As a scholar, Dr. Caroline Janney has explored a strong interest in Civil War memory. During our conversation with her this week, she’s also talked about the deep connection to place she feels as a historian. … Continue reading
Gettysburg’s Famed Pickett’s Charge is Reimagined by Civil War Trust and Hirshhorn Museum
Check out this neat announcement from the Civil War Trust. In a different kind of preservation, preserving the memory of Pickett’s Charge, the Trust looks at a contemporary interpretation of the famed nineteenth-century Gettysburg cyclorama. Keep reading to find out … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Material Culture, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Civil War Trust, Cyclorama, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Cyclorama, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service, Pickett's Charge, Preservation
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A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part five)
(part five of five) We conclude today my interview with Dave Ruth, who starts 2018 as the former superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield. Dave retired at the beginning of this week after a 44-year career with the National Park Service, … Continue reading
A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part four)
(part four of five) Earlier this week, Dave Ruth retired as superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield—a national park that preserves stories from Civil War campaigns in both the 1862 and 1864. But as Dave explains today, the park’s layers of … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Andy Shield, Civil War Trust, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Dave Ruth, Hanover County, John Hennessy, Malvern Hill, Mike Andrus, National Park Service, Patrick Henry, Preservation, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rural Plains, Rural Plains Foundation, Totopotomoy Creek
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A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part one)
(part one of five) I recently heard Dave Ruth described as “the last of the great, old-guard superintendents.” For more than thirty years, Dave has made Richmond National Battlefield his life’s work, overseeing the park’s growth from 754 acres to … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Bob Krick, Bobby Krick, Chancellorsville, Civil War Trust, Cold Harbor, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Dave Ruth, Fort Sumter, Gaines's Mill, Independence National Park, Keith Rocco, living history, Malvern Hill, manassas, National Park Service, Preservation, Richmond, Richmond Battlefields Association, Richmond National Battlefield Park
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Last Photos from Fredericksburg’s 155th
Before we get too far away from the anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg, I just want to pass along a few pictures I took along the way yesterday during ECW’s Facebook LIVE event with the Civil War Trust and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Brompton, Civil War Trust, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Innis House, Joseph Kershaw, Marye's Heights, National Park Service, Pete Maugle, Sunken Road, Wayne Motts
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Join Us Tomorrow for Day Two of Our Fredericksburg Facebook LIVE Event
Hopefully you were able to join us earlier today for our special Facebook LIVE event with the Civil War Trust and the National Park Service from Fredericksburg National Battlefield. On our adventures, we climbed into the steeple of the Fredericksburg … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Chatham, Civil War Trust, Dennis Sacrey, Don Pfanz, Facebook Live, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg Baptist Church, National Park Service
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Join us Tuesday from Fredericksburg on Facebook LIVE!
Emerging Civil War is helping to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg with a special two-day Facebook LIVE event from the battlefield. We’re teaming up with the Civil War Trust and the National Park Service to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Civil War Trust, Facebook Live, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, National Civil War Museum, National Park Service, Wayne Motts
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