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Tag Archives: Tom Desjardin
Now Available: Turning Points of the American Civil War
We’ve received word from our partners at Southern Illinois University Press that “books are in the warehouse.” Turning Points of the American Civil War has arrived—the first volume in our new “Engaging the Civil War” Series with SIUP! “This collection … Continue reading
Gettysburg Recap
The 150th anniversary of Gettysburg brought a flurry of posts to the Emerging Civil War blog. Over the last two weeks, our authors have offered many different perspectives on the battle, its consequences, and its significance. We’ll have more coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged 140th Pennsylvania, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Chattanooga, Chris Kolakowski, Chris Mackowski, Civil War turning points, Culp's Hill, Daniel Davis, George "Maryland" Steuart, George Armstrong Custer, Gettysburg, Gettysburg memory, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Kathleen Logothetis, Kris White, Maryland, Meg Thompson, Phill Greenwalt, Pickett's Charge, prelude-to-a-star, reactions to Gettysburg, reactions to Vicksburg, Richard Ewell, Stony Hill, These Honored Dead, Tom Desjardin, Tullahoma Campaign, turning point, Vicksburg, William Faulkner
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How Gettysburg became Gettysburg: Tom Desjardin’s must-read book
The Battle of Gettysburg certainly ranks as one of America’s great stories—but how it became such a great story is a story unto itself. That’s the focus of Thomas Desjardin’s book These Honored Dead: How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Memory
Tagged Gettysburg, Memory, These Honored Dead, Tom Desjardin
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“The” Turning Point of the War: The Wilderness, not Gettysburg
I was working at the Wilderness today, and I couldn’t think of a better place to be sitting in the wake of the Gettysburg sesquicentennial. Why? Well, while throngs of people stare at the bronze tablet by the copse of … Continue reading
Telling History vs. Making Art: Killer Angels, real and fictional
Part five in a series. In my last post, I began to discuss Michael Shaara’s aesthetic choices for constructing The Killer Angels as he did, and how he adopted a Lost Cause-interpretation of Robert E. Lee as a central choice … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Buster Kilrain, Gettysburg, History-vs-Art, James Longstreet, Jeff Shaara, John Buford, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Ken Burns, Michael Shaara, Robert E. Lee, Scott Hartwig, Telling History vs. Making Art, The Civil War, The Killer Angels, Tom Desjardin
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Steve Earle, “Dixieland,” and the Irresistible Charm of Buster Kilrain
The myths of Gettysburg rear their heads in the most unexpected places. At a Steve Earle concert in Rochester, New York, a couple weeks ago, the folk-rocker launched into a pair of songs related to the Irish. Before he did, … Continue reading
