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Tag Archives: Petersburg National Battlefield
Under Fire: Battlefield Guide Map for the Charge of the First Maine Heavy Artillery
The First Maine Heavy Artillery famously participated in the last desperate attempt in June 1864 to simply seize Petersburg by direct assault. Many incorrectly assume the battle was the first for these callups from the Washington defenses, though a Sesquicentennial … Continue reading
The Civilian Conservation Corps at Petersburg National Battlefield
ECW welcomes back guest author Abbi Smithmyer Petersburg National Battlefield is the site where the longest military event of the American Civil War took place. While the vast majority of the visitors who come to the battlefield seek out stories … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Gettysburg vs. Petersburg
A veteran Union general reflected on battlefield landscapes, markers, and monuments several decades after the war during a visit to Petersburg, Virginia. There is a peculiar impressiveness about the forsaken. Some deep places in us are moved by a forlorn … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged battlefield markers, battlefield monuments, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, Joshua Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, markers-and-monuments-17, no monuments, Petersburg, Petersburg National Battlefield
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Why I “Do” History
About a month ago a friend of mine pointed me to an entry-level priced CDV of a veteran of the 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, my ancestor’s unit. I have spent quite a bit of time contemplating whether or not I … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Material Culture, Medical, Memory, Monuments, Photography, Preservation, Primary Sources
Tagged 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, Battle of the Crater, CDV, Cemetery, civil war photography, Images, Killed in Action, National Cemetery, Petersburg Campaign, Petersburg National Battlefield
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“Every tombstone is a biography”
We are pleased to welcome guest author Betsy Dinger to Emerging Civil War. After obtaining her BS in History from Frostburg State University in Maryland, Betsy began her National Park Service career in 1988 working at Shenandoah NP, Valley Forge NHP … Continue reading
Ninth Annual Poplar Grove Luminary
This Saturday, November 8, Petersburg National Battlefield will host their annual luminary event at Poplar Grove National Cemetery. Of the over six thousand Civil War soldiers who hold their final peaceful rest in the eight acre facility less than a third … Continue reading
Question of the Week for June 23, 2014
We’ve heard historians at Petersburg refer to their battlefield as “the red-headed stepchild” of the Virginia battlefield parks. The story they tell doesn’t get the attention other battles and campaigns do. Or does it? What do you think: does Petersburg get … Continue reading
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Tagged Petersburg, Petersburg National Battlefield, Question of the Week
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No NPS, No Problem – Pamplin Historical Park
It is with great pleasure that we are able to conclude the “No NPS, No Problem” series with a site that likely would not exist but for the National Park Service. Not only have many of the major players in … Continue reading
