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May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. May 4, 2022: Gettysburg beavers create a new pond Industrious beavers … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Artillery Battery, 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Abraham Lincoln, Abram Coombs, Albany, Augusta, Bangor, Benjamin F. Butler, Bion Foster, Brian Swartz, Carmel, Charles Eugene Hamlin, Charles Hamlin, Charles Stetson, Charleston, Colby College, Corinth, Crawford Avenue, Curtis Crockett, Cyrus Hamlin, Dexter, Dunkin, Edwin Stanton, Elijah Walker, Eric Wittenberg, Falling Waters, George A. Custer, George George Emery Hamlin, George Meade, Gettysburg National Military Park, Glenburn, Gray, Gulf Coast, Hampden, Hampden Historical Society, Hannibal Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin Plaza, Harris Merrill Plaisted, Israel Washburn Jr., James J. Pettigrew, Jason Martz, Little Round Top, Louis G. Young, Mabel Hill, Maine at War, Margaret Nyer, Menzias Fessenden, Monterrey Pass, Mount Gope Cemetery, National Park Service, New England, New Orleans, North Carolina, Oxford County, Paris Hill, Penobscot County, Penobscot River, Peter A. Weber, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, Samuel Thompson, Sarah Emery Hamlin, Sarah Jane Amery Hamlin, Sarah Plaisted, Seminary Ridge, Seven Pines, South Mountain, Union County, Valley of Death, Warren Avenue, Waterville, Wheatfeld Road, Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633, Williamsburg
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Saving History Saturday: American Battlefield Trust Offers New ECW Shiloh Book for Supporters
In honor of the Battle of Shiloh’s 157th anniversary this weekend, the American Battlefield Trust announced its latest campaign to save 73 acres of hallowed ground at two significant 1862 battles: Shiloh and South Mountain. To save these two critical battlefields, … Continue reading
Preservation News: South Mountain Battlefield at the Center of Controversial Proposal
On September 14, 1862, portions of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia dueled for possession of three passes through South Mountain in Maryland. A Federal victory, both sides together lost around five thousand casualties in … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: The Civil War Correspondents Memorial
Near the summit of Crampton’s Gap, driving up from the west, Gapland Road makes a quick curve due east before snaking over the top of South Mountain and curling down the far side. This last little juke, right next to … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Newspapers
Tagged "Bull Run" Russell, Antietam National Battlefield, Appalachian Trial, Bohemian Brigade, Civil War Correspondents Memorial, Crampton's Gap, Edward Crapsey, Gapland, Gath, Gathland State Park, George Alfred Townsend, Henry Raymond, Henry Wig, James M. Perry, John Hay, journalism, markers-and-monuments-17, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Newspapers, South Mountain, Sylvanus Cadwallader, Thomas Morris Chester, W. L. Sheppard, war correspondents, William Howard Russell
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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 16, 1862
All of the eyes watching the campaign in Maryland now focused in on the two armies facing off along the banks of Antietam Creek. As more time wore on from the last fight two days prior at South Mountain, more … Continue reading
2017 Emerging Civil War Symposium Schedule of Events
We are proud to announce the full schedule of events for the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. We hope that you will join us for this exciting event. Last year’s event sold out, so be sure … Continue reading
Posted in Speakers Bureau, Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Antietam, Battle of the North Anna River, Brian Matthew Jordan, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, CSPAN, Eric Wittenberg, Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War at Stevenson Ridge, Gettysburg, John Buford, Kelly Mezurek, Kennesaw Mountain, Kevin Pawlak, Lee White, Lew Wallace, Monocacy, Robert E. Lee, Ryan Quint, Second Manassas, South Mountain, Spotsylvania, Stones River, Stonewall Jackson, USCT, Vicksburg
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Symposium Keynote Speaker Brian Matthew Jordan
We are pleased this year to welcome Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan as the keynote speaker for our Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. Last April, the Pulitzer committee listed Brian’s fantastic book Marching Home: Union Veterans and … Continue reading
The Perfect Festivus Gift!
Have you aired your grievances? Have you completed the feats of strength? Are looking you looking for the perfect Festivus gift? Look no further. Buy that special someone an early bird admission to the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium … Continue reading
September 13, 1862: A Foreshadowing of J.E.B. Stuart’s Gettysburg Failure?
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest author Alexander B. Rossino Major General James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart has been justly criticized for his role in allowing the fateful clash at Gettysburg to occur when neither General Robert E. … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Cavalry, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Antietam, Antietam Campaign, Gettysburg, Heros von Borcke, JEB Stuart, scouting, South Mountain
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Announcing the Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
All of us at Emerging Civil War are proud to announce the speaker lineup for our Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge (August 4-6, 2017). This year’s theme is “Great Defenses of the Civil War.” Our outstanding … Continue reading
Posted in Symposium, Upcoming Events
Tagged Antietam, Brandy Station, Brian Matthew Jordan, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, Daniel Welch, Eric Wittenberg, Fourth Annual Emerging Civil War at Stevenson Ridge, Gettysburg, John Buford, Kelly Mezurek, Kennesaw Mountain, Kevin Pawlak, Lee White, Matt Atkinson, Monocacy, Ryan Quint, Second Manassas, South Mountain, Stevenson Ridge, Stonewall Jackson, Vicksburg
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