Tag Archives: Union veterans

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Posted on September 23, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Mike Busovicki All warriors want to know their efforts were not in vain and the deprivations they endured were worth the outcome.  As the Civil War metamorphosed into a great insatiable beast, devouring ever more resources, … Continue reading →

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A Young Woman in Washington State Upholds the Legacy of Union Army Veterans in 1914

Posted on September 22, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Richard Heisler Ester Boyer was a schoolgirl just 15 years of age living in Washington State in 1914. Miss Boyer lived a bit northwest of Seattle in the small town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island. She … Continue reading →

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Free ECW Podcast: Union Veterans & The Post-War Shenandoah Valley

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

How did northern Civil War veterans impact the Shenandoah Valley AFTER the war? ECW’s Chris Mackowski talks with Jonathan Noyalas, Jay Richardson, and Nikki Roland of Shenandoah University about their surprising research. Listen to the free podcast here!

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A Yankee Officer’s Words: A Reflection For Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson A recent New Yorker story I read about the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day –  November 11 – reminded me of the human cost of World War I: the lost lives of 9.7 … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: John Wesley Powell River History Museum

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

If you’re ever traveling cross-country on Interstate 70 through Utah and Colorado, you’ll reach Green River, Utah, either just before or after crossing the “hundred miles of nothin’.” Here, in this little river town, you’ll find a local museum named … Continue reading →

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Review: “A Not So Happy Ending”

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Derek Maxfield

Review of Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, by Brian Matthew Jordan The devastation of the American Civil War is well known; casualties in that fraternal bloodbath exceeded 750,000 and the South was wrecked. Less known and … Continue reading →

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Hood Remembered: Meg Groeling

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Meg Groeling

It is not two years since the sight of a person who had lost one of his lower limbs was an infrequent occurrence. Now, Alas! there are few of us who have not a cripple among our friends if not … Continue reading →

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