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Tag Archives: Newspapers
On The Eve Of War: Atlanta, Georgia
“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
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Newspapers
Tagged 160th Anniversary, 1861, Atlanta, Newspapers, on-the-eve-of-war
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“‘Tis folly to say the people must have news”: Sherman, the Press, and Our Own Culpability
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
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Newspapers, Ties to the War
Tagged journalism, Newspapers, Sen. John Sherman, the media, the press, William T. Sherman
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“A Central Figure of Transcendingly Absorbing Interest”: The Wilkesons at Gettysburg
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
Posted in Battles, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Bayard Wilkeson, Evan Portman, New York Times, Newspapers, Samuel Wilkeson
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Question of the Week: 2/1-2/7/21
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?
Robin Hood & The Civil War: A Child’s Game? (Part 4)
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
Posted in Material Culture, Newspapers
Tagged Newspapers, Robin Hood, robin-hood-civil-war
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I’m Studying The Civil War…Which Century?
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
Richmond Reports on General Stuart’s Ride Around McClellan
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
Primary Sources: The National Tribune
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
Posted in Primary Sources
Tagged Newspapers, Primary Sources, primary-sources-19, The National Tribune
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Draft Dilemma in Poweshiek County: The Murder of the Marshals
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
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, conscription, Copperhead, David Connon, Democratic Rangers, Democrats, draft, Fayette County Pioneer, Grinnell Iowa, Iowa, J.B. Grinnell, John Gharkey, Keokuk County, Muscatine Courier, Newspapers, peace democrats, Poweshiek County, Provost Marshall, Republicans, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Union draft, William M. Stone
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Soldier-Artists and the Battle Experience (Part II)
This is the second of two posts regarding soldier-artists and their depictions of the experience of battle. Part I may be found here. To appreciate the extent that images such as Adolph Metzner’s Cozy corner defied the conventions of mainstream art, it … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Mexican War, Photography, Primary Sources, Weapons
Tagged Armies, art, battlefields, Battles, Civil War, civilians, common soldiers, Material Culture, Newspapers, Officers, Photography, Primary Sources, Visual Culture, War art, Weapons
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