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ECW Honors the American Battlefield Trust for Service in Civil War Public History
Emerging Civil War (ECW) is pleased to honor the American Battlefield Trust as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Emerging Civil War’s Award for Service in Civil War Public History … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: New Jersey Flags
The New Jersey State Museum recently put five Civil War flags on display and shared interpretation of the regiments, battles, and flagbearers connected to the banners. The museum preserves 190 Civil War flags and has been rotating them — five … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Flags, material preservation, Preservation, Saving History Saturday
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Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg (part four)
Read the first parts of this story here. Part 4 – Law’s Alabama Brigade on the move from Culpepper to Little Washington, Virginia. At 5 a.m. on Monday, June 15, Evander Law’s Brigade of 2,000 Alabama “Yellowhammers” moved out of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Preservation
Tagged Army of Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, development, Evander Law, greenspace, Joe Loehle, John Pope, Law's Alabama Brigade, laws-brigade-route-to-gettysburg, Little Washington, Preservation, Ralph Nadar, Rappahannock County, Roger Scruton, Sperryville, Teddy Roosevelt, Yellowhammers and Environmentalism
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Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg (interlude)
Read the first three parts of this story here. This is a continuation of a journey taken in one day in the summer of 2003, with my friend Joe Loehle, following the route of Law’s Alabama Brigade, from Raccoon Ford, … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Park
Today is the anniversary of the December 31, 1862, battle of Parker’s Cross Roads in central Tennessee. The battle marks the culmination of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s west Tennessee campaign. Two Union forces converged on Forrest from opposite directions, forcing Forrest … Continue reading
Destroyed Lives, Destroyed History – Historic Preservation and Natural Disasters
Through the night of December 10, 2021, over thirty tornadoes touched down in six states across the Mississippi River valley, from Arkansas to Kentucky. Reports estimate that over one hundred people died tragically in these storms, mostly in Monette, Arkansas; … Continue reading
Western Swing: Day 06
The American Battlefield Trust took a day off yesterday posting videos from our trip. (I think they’re trying to time things out so that our videos from Nashville show up on the anniversary of the last day of the battle!) … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Preservation
Tagged ABT, American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Franklin Trust, Carter Cotton Gin, Carter House, Chris Mackowski, Eric Jacobson, Franklin, Franklin's Charge, Garry Adelman, Joseph Ricci, Kris White, Patrick Clebourne, Preservation, Western-Swing-2021
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Western Swing: Day 02 (part two!)
When I spent the day at Shiloh last week with Kris White, Garry Adelman, Parker Hills, and Tim Smith, we shot so much material that we had to divide it into two days. You can see part one from Shiloh … Continue reading
Western Swing 2021: Day 02
Our swing through western battlefields with the American Battlefield Trust continued today with a trip to Shiloh. What an amazing battlefield! Join Kris White, Chris Mackowski, and Garry Adelman, along with special guest historian Parker Hills (Brig. Gen., ret.) of … Continue reading
The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: The Great Battle Never Fought
Twice this week, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with podcasters about the Mine Run campaign. The campaign’s anniversary, if you missed it, as most people do, spanned the last few days of November, beginning November 26 and running through … Continue reading
