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Tag Archives: Valley Forge
Fence Friday – Virginia Worm
Ever wondered about all the different types of fences you see when you visit Civil War battlefields? Maybe how they are made, their different purposes, and all of those other “nerdy” details that only the most hardcore battlefield devotees would … Continue reading
The Trust’s Teacher Institute: Rethinking George Washington with Phill Greenwalt
When he takes to the front of the room for his talk at the American Battlefield Trust’s Teacher Institute, Phill Greenwalt introduces himself as the co-founder of Emerging Revolutionary War and as the acting chief of interpretation at Morristown National … Continue reading
The Valley Forge Summer of the American Battlefield Trust
I’m in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for a few days, for the American Battlefield Trust’s Teachers Institute. Nearly 200 teachers have come here from all across the country, from as far as Huntington Beach, California, and Sturgis, South Dakota. I’ve chatted … Continue reading
Book Review: “Seizing Destiny: The Army of the Potomac’s ‘Valley Forge’ and the Civil War Winter that Saved the Union”.
After the Federal disaster at Fredericksburg in December, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln moaned, “If there is a place worse than hell, I am in it.” The Union war effort, at least in the east, had been met repeatedly with setbacks, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Albert Z. Conner Jr, Ambrose Burnside, Army of the Potomac, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski, Fredericksburg, George Washington, Gettysburg, Joseph Hooker, Rufus Dawes, Seizing Destiny: The Army of the Potomac’s “Valley Forge” and the Civil War Winter that Saved the Union., Valley Forge
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In Memory of Al Conner, Jr.
The shady glen look like something out of Middle-Earth: ferns cluster in small patches on the sun-dappled forest floor and piles of lichen-covered rocks sit half-submerged in the ground. A lightly mulched path winds among the trees and among the … Continue reading
“Seizing Destiny” looks at the Valley Forge of the Army of the Potomac
Author Albert Conner found inspiration for his new book in the usually forgotten transitional period between two well-known battles. It’s an unconventional approach among typically battle-focused Civil War scholarship. But that forgotten history, Conner contends, was one of the most transformational … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Books & Authors
Tagged Al Conner, Army of the Potomac, Chris Mackowski, Savas Beatie, Seizing Destiny, Stafford County, Ted Savas, Valley Forge
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The Valley Forge Winter for the Army of the Potomac
To commemorate Washington’s Birthday today, Emerging Civil War is pleased to present an excerpt from the forthcoming book Seizing Destiny: The Army of the Potomac’s ‘Valley Forge’ and the Civil War Winter that Saved the Union by Albert Conner, Jr., … Continue reading
A Change on the Horizon…
You can almost feel the cold weather from just looking at the painting. With the snow on the ground, and white specks of wintry mix falling in the distance, one almost wants to say “brrr.” With rags wrapped around feet, heads … Continue reading
