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Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part three
Part three of five My conversation continues with Marc Ramsey, owner of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers in suburban Richmond. Yesterday, Marc talked about falling in love with the Civil War through books and through battlefielding. Eventually, that led to a career … Continue reading
On Location: The Wounding of Joe Johnston
Back in January, ECW contributor Doug Crenshaw did some research for us on the location of Joe Johnston’s wounding at the battle of Seven Pines. While visiting the Richmond-area battlefields with him earlier this month, we decided to go On Location at … Continue reading
Flowers For Kate
Yesterday was the first day of spring! Who is ready for the chilly weather to end? Can’t wait for those perfect seventy degree days and to see the tulips burst into bloom? Out here in Southern California, we got a spring heat wave … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged flowers, Kate Corbin, military camp, mockingbirds, Richmond, Sandie Pendleton, soldier letters, spring
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Question of the Week: 3/6-3/12/16
We happen to be spending a little time at the beginning of this week exploring the Seven Days battles in late June-early July 1862. Which of the Seven Days is most interesting to you? Why?
Posted in Battles, Question of the Week
Tagged Chickahominy Bluffs, Question of the Week, Richmond, Seven Days Battles
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The Best Missed Opportunity at Richmond
We are pleased to welcome back guest author Doug Crenshaw, who continues to look at communications mishaps during the campaigns for Richmond. Today, he turns to 1864. As they peered over the walls of Fort Harrison, Confederate soldiers witnessed an … Continue reading
Question of the Week: 1/9/17-1/15/17
Later this week, we have another great post coming up from guest author Doug Crenshaw. Doug is a volunteer interpreter at Richmond National Battlefield, and he’s been taking a look at some of the communications mishaps among commanders during the … Continue reading
Civil War Echoes: Manila 1941
75 years ago today, Douglas MacArthur ordered the evacuation of Manila. Over the next week, a massive movement of personnel and supplies occurred from the Philippine capital to Bataan and Corregidor. Japanese forces entered Manila on January 2, 1942. There … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Wisconsin, Arthur MacArthur, Bataan, Civil War Echoes, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, Edward King, Lafayette McLaws, Last Stand on Bataan, Manila, Philippines, Richmond, Richmond Virginia, World War II
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Book Review: “Lincoln’s Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24—April 8, 1865”
The historiography of the United States’ 16th president is remarkable. For over 15,000 times, Abraham Lincoln has been the center of focus for historians and students of history. With such an overwhelming amount of research, one wonders if every stone … Continue reading
Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part three)
part three of five As a child in the D.C. public school system, I was in the honors track (there was an educational track system at that time). While in this program in Payne Elementary School and Eliot Junior High … Continue reading
The Ghosts of Crimea Before Richmond
When judging Civil War leaders, we sometimes look at them in isolation of a period or event, forgetting that they always act in accordance with the sum of their knowledge and experience to date. But remembering what has gone before … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sieges
Tagged Army of the Potomac, British Army, cavalry, Crimea, Crimean War, Delafield Commission, French Army, George B. McClellan, George McClellan, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Sevastopol, Seven Days Battles, Yorktown
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