Tag Archives: Sherman

Did You Hear It?

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Steve Davis

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 →

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Penn Yan, NY, Cemetery Yields Old Acquaintance

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Derek Maxfield

While surveying the Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan, NY, recently, I stumbled upon an old acquaintance – John Morrison Oliver.

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Mary Anne Bickerdyke or Martha Stewart?

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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Symposium Preview: Dan Davis and the Legacy of Sherman

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Liam McGurl

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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From the ECW Archives: Bennett Place Redux

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

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 →

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Top 15 Posts of 2013—Number 10: Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part I

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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Review: A Chain of Thunder by Jeff Shaara

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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Chickamauga: The Shot that Doomed the Confederacy?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part II

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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Fateful Lightning: Was Sherman’s March To the Sea a War Crime? Part I

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Meg Groeling

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 →

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