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Unpublished: Diary of a Louisiana Conscript
Extraordinary things can come bound in brown leather with tiny, cramped writing. In search of some family history, I took a trip to Tulane University’s Special Collections Archives in New Orleans. It was a trip for firsts. It was not … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry, Common Soldier, Primary Sources, Regiments
Tagged 15th Confederate Cavalry, Captain John Marshall, common soldier, Halls Mills, Jacques Alfred Charbonnet, Louisiana, Marie Nathalie Loew Charbonnet, memoirs. Civil War soldier diaries, Mobile Alabama, New Orleans, Soldier Diaries, Tunica Mississippi
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Beast Butler in the Chamber Pot
You’ve heard the tales of Maj. Gen. Benjamin “Beast” Butler in New Orleans, so reviled that they put his likeness in chamber pot. I finally had the chance to see one for myself today: Beast Butler at the bottom of … Continue reading
May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. May 4, 2022: Gettysburg beavers create a new pond Industrious beavers … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Artillery Battery, 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Abraham Lincoln, Abram Coombs, Albany, Augusta, Bangor, Benjamin F. Butler, Bion Foster, Brian Swartz, Carmel, Charles Eugene Hamlin, Charles Hamlin, Charles Stetson, Charleston, Colby College, Corinth, Crawford Avenue, Curtis Crockett, Cyrus Hamlin, Dexter, Dunkin, Edwin Stanton, Elijah Walker, Eric Wittenberg, Falling Waters, George A. Custer, George George Emery Hamlin, George Meade, Gettysburg National Military Park, Glenburn, Gray, Gulf Coast, Hampden, Hampden Historical Society, Hannibal Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin Plaza, Harris Merrill Plaisted, Israel Washburn Jr., James J. Pettigrew, Jason Martz, Little Round Top, Louis G. Young, Mabel Hill, Maine at War, Margaret Nyer, Menzias Fessenden, Monterrey Pass, Mount Gope Cemetery, National Park Service, New England, New Orleans, North Carolina, Oxford County, Paris Hill, Penobscot County, Penobscot River, Peter A. Weber, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, Samuel Thompson, Sarah Emery Hamlin, Sarah Jane Amery Hamlin, Sarah Plaisted, Seminary Ridge, Seven Pines, South Mountain, Union County, Valley of Death, Warren Avenue, Waterville, Wheatfeld Road, Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633, Williamsburg
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“New Orleans gone and with it the Confederacy” – The Fall of New Orleans
ECW welcomes back guest author Patrick Kelly-Fischer The signposts of my mental outline of the Civil War have always been major land battles – Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg. The histories we grew up on are framed around these titanic battles. They’re … Continue reading
The Louisiana Unification Movement and the Political Limits of Reconstruction
In the messy annals of Reconstruction, one of the most perplexing episodes was the short-lived but fascinating Unification Movement of Louisiana. A New Orleans political alliance of both black and white elites, the movement tried to merge concerns over corruption … Continue reading
Occupied Cities of the South: New Orleans
Part of a Series New Orleans was the sixth-largest city in the United States during the years leading up to the American Civil War. With a population exceeding 100,000 residents, the port city was easily the largest in the South. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged Benjamin Butler, Civil War Civilians, homefront, New Orleans, Occupied-Cities-of-the-South, southern women
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Baseball: The Confederacy’s “National Pastime”
ECW welcomes back guest author Bruce Allardice Baseball has often been termed America’s “National Pastime.” But the game was the Confederacy’s “National Pastime” as well. The hoary myth that Confederate soldiers learned the game from their northern counterparts needs to … Continue reading
The Supposed Enigma of Isidore Francois Turgis
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was not just a hit in America, but also in France. After its publication slavery was considered a blight on history, at least in France’s liberal circles. Among those affected was Isidore Francois Turgis, … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Civilian, Western Theater
Tagged 160th Anniversary, anti-slavery, Battle of Shiloh, Catholic, chaplain, civil war politics, Confederate chaplain, Confederate veterans, Isidore Francois Turgis, Lost Cause, New Orleans, Orleans Guards, P. G. T. Beauregard, Slavery, St. Louis Cathedral, yellow fever
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February 2022 Maine at War posts
In February 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a cavalry trooper who would not quit to loyal Unionists suddenly trapped behind enemy lines in the Lone Star State.
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 1st Maine Cavalry, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th Maine Infantry, A.K.P. Small, Afghanistan, Albert Cole, Alfred Pleasonton, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Station, Augusta, Bangor, Brian Swartz, Charles Almond McIntyre, Charles City Road, Clover Hill, Cooke County, Cornish, CSS Neptune, David McMurtrie Gregg, Deep Bottom, Dinwiddie Court House, Ebenezer McIntyre, Edward P. Tobie, Ellis Spear, Frances H. Chase, Franklin Bean, freedom, Galveston, Gary Lemaster, George W. Bicknell, Gettysburg, Great Hanging at Gainesville, Greenleaf Lodge, Hagerstown, Hannah Fales McIntyre, Hanover Road, Indian Territory, John B. Gordon, John B. McGruder, John C. Wadsworth, John Frederic Deane, John Irvin Gregg, Jonathan Prince Cilley, Joshua Chamberlain, Leon Smith, Libby Prison, Little Round Top, Lone Star State, Louisiana Military Academy, Lynchburg, Macon, Matamoros, Mexico, Midcoast, New Orleans, Orinda McIntyre, Oscar McIntyre, Overland Campaign, Pauline Spear, Philadelphia, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Richmond, Riverside Cemetery, Robert E. Lee, Seba McIntyre, South Portland, Texas, Thomaston, U.S. Navy, USS Harriet Lane, USS Westfield, V Corps, Walter Q. Brown, Warren, White Oak Swamp, White’s Tavern, William E. Clarke, William Justus C. McIntyre, William Renshaw, William T. Sherman, XXIV Corps, York County
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