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Tag Archives: Virginia
Before They Were Americans: ERW’s Upcoming Event
From our friends at Emerging Revolutionary War. For more information about our sister site, click here. Mark your calendars for September 28, 2019! Emerging Revolutionary War is excited to announce that we are partnering with Gadsby’s Tavern Museum and The … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Fredericksburg, Virginia to Move Slave Auction Block
On Tuesday, June 11, the Fredericksburg City Council voted 6 to 1 to remove and relocate the city’s well-known slave auction block. Located at the corner of William and Charles Streets in downtown Fredericksburg, the block has been the source … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation, Slavery
Tagged Fredericksburg, Memory, Saving History Saturday, slave auction block, slavery, Virginia
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Saving History Saturday: Tennessee and Virginia Battlefields Receive Major Preservation Grants
Over the past few weeks, seven battlefields in Tennessee and Virginia received major preservation grants through national, state, and private funding programs. Between the two states, nearly $3 million is being dedicated to preserve and protect threatened land. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Preservation
Tagged Fisher's Hill, Opequon, Salem Cemetery, Saving History Saturday, Stones River, Tennessee, Virginia, Wauhatchie
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Preservation News: $1.15 Million In Grants To Protect Battlefields In Virginia
Emerging Civil War is pleased to share the following press release and celebrate a wonderful preservation opportunity! Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund will help preserve more than 500 acres of hallowed ground at 10 Virginia historic sites This week the Virginia … Continue reading
Railroads – The Virginia Central Railroad: A Target For Union Raids
The Virginia Central Railroad was chartered as the Louisa Railroad in 1836 by the Virginia Board of Public Works. The name was changed to the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850. It ran from westward from Richmond and ended in Gordonsville, … Continue reading
Civil War Trails: Abingdon, Virginia
Tucked far into Southwest Virginia is the town of Abingdon. If you’ve ever traveled down Interstate 81 there is no doubt you’ve seen the signs, maybe even the Civil War Trails directional sign, enticing you take the exit ramp. If … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Trails
Tagged Abingdon, Civil War Trails, Virginia
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Maryland, My Maryland? Jefferson Davis and the Maryland Campaign of September 1862
Confederate soldiers splashing across the Potomac River in early September 1862 jubilantly bellowed out the tune “Maryland, My Maryland” as they marched into the Old Line State. Just months earlier, with the war escalating around the Confederate capital of Richmond, … Continue reading
Dranesville, a Troubled Town: Part 2
Part One Can Be Found Here. The white men of Virginia went to the polls on a warm May 23, 1861 to vote on the secession referendum passed a month earlier by a delegates’ convention. By the time the ballots … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Personalities
Tagged Charles Coleman, Daniel Borden, Dranesville, Elmer Ellsworth, Fairfax County, Henry Bishop, Herndon Station, Howard Lasher, James Jackson, James W. Farr, John B. Farr, John T. Day, John T. DeBell, Kitty K. Hanna, Lewinsville, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, Nathaniel Hanna, Richard H. Gunnell, Thomas Coleman, Vienna, Virginia, Virginia secession, William B. Day
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My Favorite Historical Person: James Hanger
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Trout As a Civil War historian, the toughest and most challenging question of all is “who is your favorite historical person?” From Union war heroes to gallant Rebel commanders to the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Personalities, Reconstruction
Tagged 16th ohio infantry, 23rd Virginia, amputation, augusta county, battle of philippi, civil war amputee, favorite17, Hanger Inc, James E. Hanger, James Hanger, patent, prosthetics, staunton, surgeon, Virginia, Washington College
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