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Occupied Cities of the South: New Orleans
Part of a Series New Orleans was the sixth-largest city in the United States during the years leading up to the American Civil War. With a population exceeding 100,000 residents, the port city was easily the largest in the South. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged Benjamin Butler, Civil War Civilians, homefront, New Orleans, Occupied-Cities-of-the-South, southern women
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Book Review: Marriage on the Border
Marriage on the Border: Love, Mutuality, and Divorce in the Upper South during the Civil War By Allison Dorothy Fredette University Press of Kentucky, 2020, $60 hardcover Reviewed by Meg Groeling Allison Dorothy Fredette’s Marriage on the Border: Love, … Continue reading
The Apple Barrage
Private William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry (Irish Brigade) wrote a colorful memoir and included this autumnal story about soldier and civilian interactions near Charlestown (now West Virginia) in October 1862. Here’s the account in his own words, and … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier
Tagged 116th Pennsylvania, Charlestown, Civil War Civilians, foraging, Irish Brigade, southern women
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Mrs. Gordon Rallies The Troops In Winchester?
General John B. Gordon had much on his mind on September 19, 1864. The Yankees fought tenaciously, driving back his troops. His friend, General Rodes, had been carried off the battlefield mortally wounded, and Gordon blamed himself for not having … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 2
This is the final post for “From the Doorstep: Winchester Women.” Part 1 is available here. Mary Greenhow Lee started a letter on March 11, intending to send it to a friend. Instead, she kept writing, writing, writing until November … Continue reading
From The Doorstep: Winchester Women Record Evacuation & Occupation, Part 1
It is a truth (mostly) universally acknowledged that if you want the long version of a story, ask a woman. I say this not as criticism, but rather as praise Civil War women and their primary sources. After recording the … 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
A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 6
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 are available. Part 6 is the concluding post in the series.) From his headquarters at City Point, Grant, in turn, informed Lincoln and Stanton that Ord had met with Longstreet … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Politics
Tagged 13th Amendment, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, civilian influence, Edwin Stanton, General James Longstreet, General Ord, Jefferson Davis, peace conference, proposed peace conference, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee, Slavery, southern women, Ulysses S. Grant, women during the civil war, women's influence
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