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Question of the Week: 12/17-12/23/18
We’ve been talking about the Battle of Fredericksburg a lot recently…so let’s give the Western Theater and campaigns in the deep South some attention. In your opinion, which winter battle/campaign in those regions was most important? Why?
Posted in Question of the Week, Western Theater
Tagged Question of the Week, Western theater, winter
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A VMI Cadet Goes Ice-Skating
On the evening of March 22, 1864, eighteen-year-old Beverly “Jack” Stanard huddled in his cold barracks room at Virginia Military Institute, writing to his mother. That particular evening he found plenty to complain about: …Well, Mother I guess you will … Continue reading
Christmas Arrives in January at a Washington D.C. Camp of Instruction
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson Combing through my great grandfather’s Civil War letters for a holiday season story, I learned how, in 1861, he celebrated Christmas in January. That year George A. Marden was a fresh … Continue reading
Ice-Skating in the 1860’s
Ice-skating! Across the chilly regions of America, this favorite pastime created fun and energetic entertainment during the Civil War era. In city parks, the winter activity was refined as a social skill and art while on less sophisticated ponds or … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
Tagged central park, Christmas, health, holiday season, ice skating, Lucy Buck, William P. Lamson, winter, women's fashion, women's studies
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