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Tag Archives: Virginia Historical Society
A Conversation with John Coski (conclusion)
Part six of six I’ve been talking with John Coski, historian at the American Civil War Museum and recipient of the 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. As we wrap up our conversation today, … Continue reading
A Conversation with John Coski (part five)
Part five of six I’m talking this week with John Coski, recipient of the 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. John might be best known to the public for his work on the history of the … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities
Tagged 13th Wisconsin, 17th Virginia, America's Civil War, American Civil War Museum, Civil Sar Monitor, Conversation-with-John-Coski, Douglas Southall Freeman, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library, James Thomas Petty, John Coski, Mike Musick, Museum of the Confederacy, Susie Harrison, Ted Savas, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Museum of History and Culture
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A Conversation with John Coski (part two)
Part two of six I’m talking this week with John Coski, historian with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and recipient of ECW’s 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. In recounting his “origin story” yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities
Tagged American Civil War Museum, Award for Service in Civil War Public History, Baptized in Blood, Before Freedom Came, Berkeley Plantation, Charles Wilson, Confederate Memorial Literacy Society, Conversation-with-John-Coski, Hollins University, Jefferson Davis, John Coski, Lost Cause, Museum of the Confederacy, Ruth Ann Coski, Virginia Historical Society, White House of the Confederacy
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A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part three)
(part three of five) I’ve been talking with Dave Ruth, who retired this week as superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield after serving there for 26 years. During yesterday’s segment of my conversation with Dave, we talked about the important preservation … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Adams Farm, Bert Dunkerly, Bobby Krick, Civil War Trust, Cold Harbor, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Crew House, Dave Ruth, Gaines's Mill, Henrico Country, James Lighthizer, Malvern Hill, Mike Gorman, P.I.P., Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rural Plains, Rural Plains Foundation, Sesquicentennial, Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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ECW Weekender: The Civil War Horse Memorial
The old gray mare—she ain’t what she used to be. Or so the old song goes. And such was the case for the millions of equestrians conscripted into service, North and South, during the Civil War. One-point-five million of them … Continue reading
Posted in ECW Weekender, Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Civil War Horses, horse memorial, horses, Richmond, statues, Virginia Historical Society
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