Tag Archives: Newspapers

A Scene of “Horrible Barbarity”

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Sheritta Bitikofer

In the spirit of the Halloween season, I present a curiously morbid story entitled “Horrible Barbarity” that circulated through a few newspapers in the spring of 1864. The article, published first by the Houston Daily Telegraph around April 30, 1864, … Continue reading →

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Civil War History & the Dallas Museum of Art: The Icebergs

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Sarah Kay Bierle

(A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas. While wandering through the galleries, I kept finding interesting pieces of art with ties to the Civil War. Some pieces were created or … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Belmont as Told in a Comic Strip

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Sean Michael Chick

The University of the South has digitized the Polk Family Papers. While going there to find something related to Shiloh (there was not much but it’s a hard site to use) I came upon a comic strip titled Under the … Continue reading →

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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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