Tag Archives: Newspapers

The Post-Shiloh Musings of General Sherman

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Derek Maxfield

There is little doubt that the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, changed not only the nature of the American Civil War, but also the trajectory of William Tecumseh Sherman’s career.  Going into the battle Sherman was working diligently to … Continue reading →

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On The Eve Of War: Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Steve Davis

“A slight perceptible odor of Yankeedom.” This is how someone characterized Atlanta at the time of the war. The disparagement reflected the bustling business air about the city: clanking railroad cars, up-and-coming factories, thriving commercial center with plenty of merchants, … Continue reading →

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“‘Tis folly to say the people must have news”: Sherman, the Press, and Our Own Culpability

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

In a Feb. 18, 1863, letter to his brother, Sen. John Sherman of Ohio, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman lamented what he saw as a deterioration of American ideals. In order to defeat the Confederacy, he feared that the United … Continue reading →

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“A Central Figure of Transcendingly Absorbing Interest”: The Wilkesons at Gettysburg

Posted on February 1, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Evan Portman On July 1st, 1863,  nineteen-year-old Bayard Wilkeson and his men of Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery arrived in Gettysburg after a twelve-mile march from Emmitsburg, Maryland. The descendent of a prominent New York family, … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 2/1-2/7/21

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

What’s your favorite Civil War account in a newspaper? (1860’s or veterans’ writings) Does it seem accurate or is it the inaccuracies that make it a favorite?

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Robin Hood & The Civil War: A Child’s Game? (Part 4)

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Check this out! A set of children’s playing cards from the Civil War era, preserved by The Valentine Museum in Richmond. I own a debt of gratitude to fellow ECW member Bert Dunkerly for helping me track the artifact photos … Continue reading →

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I’m Studying The Civil War…Which Century?

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Help! I’ve spent more time looking at 20th Century sources this last weekend than 19th Century sources. But I haven’t actually left Civil War studies and eloped with another war. To explain more properly, I’m looking at Civil War memory. … Continue reading →

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Richmond Reports on General Stuart’s Ride Around McClellan

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

One of our editors was poking around Newspapers.com the other evening and stumbled across announcements of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart’s famous (or infamous) ride around McClelland during the Peninsula Campaign. Occurring between June 12 and 15, 1862, the ride gathered … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: The National Tribune

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Eric J. Wittenberg

One of my very favorite primary sources is The National Tribune. The Trib began as a monthly newspaper intended for Union veterans of the Civil War, and was published monthly until 1881. Beginning in 1881, it was published weekly, and continued to be … Continue reading →

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Draft Dilemma in Poweshiek County: The Murder of the Marshals

Posted on March 29, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author David Connon Amid mounting Union Army death counts in summer 1864, Iowa had its first draft. Three men didn’t report for duty on October 1, so the provost marshal in Grinnell sent two deputy … Continue reading →

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