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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Hell Itself
Fewer battlefields have more mystique than the Wilderness. For three days, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia hammered at each other in a dense second-growth forest that soldiers described as “the dark, close wood.” During … Continue reading
“On the Heights”: The Field Hospital at Brompton in May 1864
The wagons rolling into Fredericksburg never seemed to stop. Mary Caldwell, an inhabitant of the town, wrote in her diary, “The road near the fair grounds seems to be literally covered.”[1] They were filled with broken and bloodied bodies, the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Common Soldier, Medical
Tagged 31st Maine, Brompton, Edward B. Dalton, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Henry Lancaster, James Gardner, James Noyes, Mary G. Caldwell, Marye's Heights, Mathew Brady, medical care, Spotsylvania Court House, wilderness, William Howell Reed
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BookChat with Adam Petty, Author of The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Adam Petty, The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory (LSU Press, 2019). I reviewed the booked for the spring 2020 edition of Louisiana State … Continue reading
Reading and Re-Reading Some Civil War Fiction
I recently reviewed Ralph Peters’ newest Civil War novel, Darkness at Chancellorsville, for Civil War Monitor (you can read that review here). It was an enjoyable read by an author with a gift for capturing the essence of a character … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series
Tagged Civil War in Pop Culture, coal black horse, Darkness at Chancellorsville, ECW-Entertaining-History, fiction, Gettysburg: An Alternate History, Lance Weller, Peter Tsouras, pop culture, Ralph Peters, Robert Olmstead, Stephen King, The Stand, wilderness
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A Recap of the Overland Campaign’s 155th
One hundred fifty-five years ago, Ulysses S. Grant sat on the doorstep of Richmond, trying to figure out his next step now that Robert E. Lee had stymied him once again. The Overland Campaign was about to shift into a … Continue reading
2018 Year in Review: #4
We’ve reached #4 on our countdown of the top ten most-read posts of 2018. The story involved vandalism against Confederate monuments on the Wilderness battlefield: 4) The Wrongheaded Righteousness of Spray Paint by Chris Mackowski (May 31, 2018) “There is … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Year in Review
Tagged Confederate heritage, Confederate monuments, wilderness, Year in Review 2018
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Civil War Medical History at Ellwood
Check out this exciting opportunity at Ellwood on the Wilderness battlefield by our friends at the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield this weekend.
The Wrongheaded Righteousness of Spray Paint
We’ve had such a good month here at ECW that I hate to end on a sour note. However, I received an alarming note from Rob Orrison this morning about some unfortunate shenanigans in the Wilderness where, it seems, the … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged Confederate heritage, Texas Monument, Vandalism, wilderness
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Beauty in the Wilderness
Irises in bloom at Ellwood, on the Wilderness battlefield May 10, 2018
Having “A Moment” at the Turning Point of the War
I thought if I waited until dusk, I might be able to stand at the Brock Road/Plank Road intersection in the Wilderness and have a “moment.” During the day, the intersection almost always has traffic passing through, and in the … Continue reading
