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Tag Archives: North Carolina
ECW Honors Fight for the Old North State with 2020 Book Award
Emerging Civil War has chosen Hampton Newsome’s Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January–May 1864 (University Press of Kansas, 2019) as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Book Award. (Read ECW’s review of … Continue reading
Maine at War: June 2020
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in June at his blog, Maine at War: June 3, 2020: Harper’s Ferry scenes for locked-down Civil War buffs With many states requiring visitors to self-quarantine, Civil War fans are unable … Continue reading
A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (conclusion)
Part six of six We’ve been talking this week with Philip Gerard, author of The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). During the course of my conversation with him, one thing theme that has … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged A-Conversation-With-Philip-Gerard, casualties, Charlottesville, Cyclorama, David Winslow, Fayetteville, Hemingway, missing in action, North Carolina, North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction Center, Old Arsenal, Our State Magazine, Philip Gerard, Sherman's March, The Last Battleground, Wilmington Massacre
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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part five)
Part five of six Good storytelling can get at aspects of history that can otherwise end up overlooked. Yesterday in our conversation with writer Philip Gerard, he talked about the importance of that in his new book, The Last Battleground: … Continue reading
A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part four)
Part four of six Philip Gerard says “North Carolina has this sort of schizophrenic personality as a state.” In yesterday’s segment about his book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019), he talked about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged A-Conversation-With-Philip-Gerard, Beaufort, Guilford Greys, music, North Carolina, Philip Gerard, Salisbury, Secret Soldiers, Sisters of Mercy, tank warfare, The Last Battleground, William Shepperd Ashe
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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part three)
Part three of six We’re talking this week with author Philip Gerard about his new book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). Chris Mackowski: You mention in the foreword of your book that … Continue reading
A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part two)
Part two of six Yesterday, we began a conversation with author Philip Gerard about his excellent new book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). “I started out knowing pretty much nothing about the … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War
Tagged A-Conversation-With-Philip-Gerard, Atrocity of Shelton Laurel, casualties, Frederick Douglass, John Updike, North Carolina, Philip Gerard, reporting the war, Sisters of Mercy, The Last Battleground, William Henry Asbury Speer, Zebulon Vance
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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part one)
Part one of six Before the Civil War finally marched with Sherman’s columns into the Old North State, North Carolina had already been deeply affected by the war. Likewise, it made its own influence strongly felt beyond its own borders. … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Harper House at Bentonville Vandalized in Attempted Robbery
Just this week, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in Johnson County, North Carolina announced that it had been a victim of an attempted robbery only days before. Per the site’s official Facebook page, “Friends, we need your assistance. Last Wednesday, … Continue reading
The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: The Last Days of the Confederacy in N.C.
ECW’s good friend Michael Hardy, one of the best regimental-level historians working in the business today, took to the stage in the late morning to talk about the last days of the Confederacy in North Carolina. Of course, the last … Continue reading
