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Maine at War August 2022 blog posts
In August 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a dentist who assumed new wartime vocations to a recent Strong Vincent biography and a particular company of nine-month soldiers who served well at Port Hudson. August 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 21st Maine Infantry Regiment, 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 24th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, 44th New York Infantry Regiment, 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, A. J. Keniston, Alonzo G. Putnam, Augusta, Bangor, Bangor Theological Seminary, Baton Rouge, Bethuel Vincent, Bowdoin, Brian Swartz, Brooklyn, Camp John Pope, Cephas Morang, Charles S. Hildreth, Chelsea, Cobboseecontee Stream, Daily Whig & Courier, Daniel Butterfield, David Wass, Dennis Williams, Dexter, Dr. Silvanus Gardiner, Edwin M. Stanton, Elizabeth Carter, Ellsworth, Erie, Erie Academy, Erie Regiment, Eugene Hale, Farmington, Fire King Engine Co., Fitz John Porter, Francis Ireland, Gaines Mill, Gardiner, Gardiner City Hall, Gardiner Home Journal, Gardiner Town Common, George Burgess, George M. D. Grant, George Marston Atwood, George W. Smith, Gettysburg, Greenland Lyons, H. M. Hall, Hallowell, Hans G. Myers, Hartford, Irish Bend, Israel Washburn Jr., James E. Conners, James Nash, Jasper N. Gray, John F. Whitcomb, John Kent Lincoln, John L. Hodsdon, John McLane, John O. Brackett, Joseph T. Woodward, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Kennebec River, Levant, Little Round Top, Lizzie Southard, Maine at War, Maine Central Railroad, Mechanic Street, Militia Act of 1862, Miss Porter’s School, Mississippi River, Nathaniel Banks, New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, Newport News, Olive Lincoln, Palmyra, Pamunkey River, Pittsburgh, Pittston, Port Hudson, Robert S. Starbird, Sharpsburg, Simon G. Jerrard, Strong Vincent, Sullivan, Thomas Bollard, Thorndike, Trinity College, Valorous Sayward, Vicksburg, Walter W. Wilson, West Gardiner, William O. McDonald, William Wheelden, Winfield S. Dearborn
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Death at Antietam: Friends to the End
ECW welcomes back guest author Cal Schoonover… The Civil War impacted Wisconsin’s people from the beginning of the war until the end on April 9, 1865. Wisconsin had no shortage of volunteers during the early part of the war; however, … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 21st Virginia Infantry, 6th Wisconsin, Antietam National Cemetery, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Second Manassas, Franklin Gerlaugh, Iron Brigade, John Gibbon, Sharpsburg, William P. Black, Wisconsin, Wisconsin in the Civil War
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ECW Weekender: Summer Lectures at the Jacob Rohrbach Inn
At Emerging Civil War, we love historic preservation, military history, local history, and innovative ways to share about the past. So…when we heard about the FREE Summer Lecture Series offered at the Jacob Rohrbach Inn in Sharpsburg, Maryland, we knew … Continue reading
The Yankee Soldier and the Belles of “Secession Proclivities”
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson With mid-February approaching, I went hunting for a North-South romance story to share on Valentine’s Day. In his well-researched study of Northern troops, The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier … Continue reading
Not Just Antietam – September 17, 1862 In Perspective
Wednesday, September 17, 1862. is rightly classed as the bloodiest day in American history. In that 24-hour period, more Americans fell killed, wounded, captured, or missing, than in any like 24-hour period before or since. This contention rests almost totally … Continue reading
Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 17, 1862
The flash of musketry fire illuminated the dark landscape around the sleepy town of Sharpsburg while the few visible stars still hovered in the early morning sky. With each passing moment, as the sun rose higher behind the peaks of … Continue reading
With Lee in Leesburg: Harrison Hall
On the night of September 5, 1862 a lot must have been going through Lee’s mind as he went to bed in the home of Henry and Jane Harrison in Leesburg. A few days before he informed Confederate President Davis … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civil War Trails, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Antietam, Leesburg, Maryland Campaign, Robert E. Lee, Sharpsburg, Stonewall Jackson
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Kevin Pawlak: Robert E. Lee Defends the Confederate High Water Mark at Sharpsburg
Two months from today, Kevin Pawlak will be speaking at the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge (Aug. 4-6). His talk, “‘Water to his Front, Water to his Rear’: Robert E. Lee Defends the Confederate High Water Mark … Continue reading
Union Balloon Corps: Part 3
(Part 1 and Part 2 are available for reference.) The Union Balloon Corps received little recognition for its successes, and many in the military Sevens Days Battles considered them nothing more than entertainment. The conclusion of the Seven Days Battles, … Continue reading
Hand-Drawing the “Art” in Cartography
“Military works are almost universally lacking in adequate maps,” Brig. Gen. Vincent Esposito wrote in his Introduction to The West Point Atlas of American Wars (1959). Boy, was he right. How many times have we thought, while reading an otherwise fine campaign … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged A Long and Bloody Task, All the Fighting They Want, Allen Tate, Atlanta Will Fall, cartography, Chattahoochee, Douglas Southall Freeman, Gary Joiner, Hal Jespersen, maps, Sharpsburg, Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier, Vincent Esposito, West Point Atlas of American Wars, Wilbur Kurtz
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