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Maine at War September 2022 Blog Posts
In September 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from the shoe salesman misidentified by “friendlies” to a small that sent almost 90 percent of its men to fight for the Union. September 7, 2022: Murder most friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, Albert Cushman, Aroostook County, Banner Town, Benjamin F. Emery, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Chesterville, Constitution Square Historic Site, Danville, Edward Henry Hobson, Eunice Littlefield, Fort Howe, Fort Knox State Park, Franklin County, Golden Ridge Plantation, Golden Ridge Road, Grindstone Road, Halifax, Harrodsburg, Houlton, Interstate 95, Island Falls, Ivory Littlefield, James Madison Emery, John A. Glass, John Forbey, John McNally, John Morgan, John Sherman, Judson Littlefield, Kittery, Larry Burden, Lebanon, Levi Caldwell, Lexington, Maine at War, Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, Maritimes, May H. Spooner, Medway, Molunkus Stream, Montreal, Mount Katahdin, Mt. Chase, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, No. 2 Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Old Zach, Old Zack, Oxford County, Passamaquoddy Bay, Patrick Hayes, Patten, Penobscot River, Perryville, Piscataqua River, Portland, Prince Edward Island, Prospect, Quebec, Rhine River, Robbinston, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Saint John, Sherman, Sherman Mills, Siberia, St. Andrews, Stacyville, Sumner, Thomas Chamberlain, Thomas Macky, Vimy Ridge, Washburn Memorial Church, Wells, William Tecumseh Sherman, Woodbridge Corner Road
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Did You Hear It?
Today (Monday, January 15) on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, I heard Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. comment on “a culture war Donald Trump is waging as if he was Sherman marching through the South.” Here In Georgia, we have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Memory, Ties to the War
Tagged Donald Trump, Eddie Glaude Jr., Morning Joe, Sherman
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Penn Yan, NY, Cemetery Yields Old Acquaintance
While surveying the Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan, NY, recently, I stumbled upon an old acquaintance – John Morrison Oliver.
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Civil War, Fort McAllister, March to the Sea, Savannah, Sherman
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Mary Anne Bickerdyke or Martha Stewart?
The book I am reading is Civil War Medicine: Care & Comfort of the Wounded, by Robert E. Denney. Denny is a pretty interesting read, interspersing letters and official correspondence with a running commentary of the war. He is also … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civilian, Common Soldier, Holidays, Leadership--Federal, Medical, Memory, Personalities, Symposium, Ties to the War, Upcoming Events, Western Theater
Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta Campaign, civil war recipes, fruit infused water, Mary Ann Bickerdyke, Memory, raspberry lemonade, recipes, Sherman, Stevenson Ridge, William T. Sherman
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Symposium Preview: Dan Davis and the Legacy of Sherman
Daniel T. Davis, author of Calamity in Carolina, is ready to bring a fresh perspective to a controversial commander for the 2015 Emerging Civil War symposium. Davis, the chief historian for Emerging Civil War, has co-authored four books in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Calamity in Carolina, Daniel Davis, Sherman, symposium 2015, William T. Sherman
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From the ECW Archives: Bennett Place Redux
ECW contributors Chris Mackowski and Phill Greenwalt have both made visits to Bennett Place that they’ve written about for the Emerging Civil War. In fact, Chris’s post, “The Road to Bennett Place,” was his first-ever contribution to Emerging Civil War. … Continue reading
Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 10: Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part I
You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Civilian, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Newspapers, Personalities, Politics, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged Davis, general william tecumseh sherman, Grant, Halleck, Hood, John Bell Hood, official communications, Sherman, Top 15 Posts of 2013, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Review: A Chain of Thunder by Jeff Shaara
I wanted to like Jeff Shaara’s latest Civil War novel, A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg. Really, I did. It seems like I say that every time I pick one up. After all, I very … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors
Tagged A Chain of Thunder, civilians, Jeff Shaara, Pemberton, Sherman, Siege of Vicksburg, Vicksburg
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Chickamauga: The Shot that Doomed the Confederacy?
On the afternoon of September 20, Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood went down with a gunshot wound to the leg while rallying his troops. Let me throw out something that will be intentionally provocative: Was the shot that took out … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Atlanta, Battle of Chickamauga, Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale, Chickamauga, Franklin, George Thomas, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Joseph Johnston, Lee White, Nashville, Sherman, Stephen Hood
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Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part II
On November 15 1864, Sherman began marching south, dividing his army into two wings. On November 22, a large (4,500) group of Confederate soldiers under General Pleasant J. Phillips met part (1,500) of the right wing of Sherman’s troops, commanded … Continue reading
