Tag Archives: Shenandoah Battlefield National Historic District

What Did the War Cost?

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

For the last few weeks, I have been serving a detail to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park as a park historian. After a walking tour of the Sunken Road on the Fredericksburg Battlefield, I received the following question: “What … Continue reading →

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Closing Out the Valley: Recollection of a Public Historian at a Sesquicentennial Event

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Phill Greenwalt

I wanted to write this post for about two weeks, but I just did not know how to start this blog entry or what to title it. So, after contemplating what to write for a few days, I figured I … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, National Park Service, Photography, Sesquicentennial | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments