Tag Archives: Rebel Yell

Book Review: “Hymns of the Republic”

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Ryan Quint

When the topic of the Civil War’s turning points come up, the traditional answers have always included the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, or Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Recently, though, historians have advanced the idea of 1864 as … Continue reading →

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Wah-Who-Eeee! … And The War Came to the Rebels, Part 2

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Meg Groeling

Author Margaret Mitchel wrote her version of the sound of the rebel yell as “Wah-Who-Eeee,” and that was the sound heard throughout the Southern states when Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard opened his well-prepared cannon on shabby little Fort … Continue reading →

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Returning Yell for Yell: The Rebel Yell’s Antebellum Origins

Posted on May 3, 2016 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Matthew Guillen. The Rebel Yell was much romanticized during and after the war. Despite the popular belief in the Yell’s death with the death of the Confederacy, it also enjoyed wide currency … Continue reading →

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Review: Such Troops As These, Such Hogwash As This

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

A few weeks ago, I said I’d be looking at a pair of new Stonewall Jackson books over my holiday break: Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynn and Such Troops As These by Bevin Alexander. I’ve had a couple readers ask … Continue reading →

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Stonewall vs. Stonewall vs. Stonewall: Such Books as These!

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

Does the world need another Stonewall Jackson biography? Of course, the world will read another Stonewall Jackson biography. There are thousands of people just like me who can’t get enough of old Jack. But that’s not what I’m asking here…. … Continue reading →

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