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A Tale of Two Seconds
During the Civil War, the official position of second in command was exceedingly rare. As a de facto role, it was present in essentially every military command, most often being the senior-most officer...
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A Prophet Without Honor: George H. Thomas and the Lost Cause
The Lost Cause is perhaps the most analyzed strand of Civil War memory, leading to many of its portrayals becoming common knowledge among those interested in the era. The deification of Lee and...
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The Virginia Colonels: Divided Loyalties at the Outbreak of the Civil War
ECW welcomes back guest author Collin Hayward. Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule sent shockwaves across Civil War scholarship for its bold...
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The Last Stand of Lieutenant George W. Van Pelt
In the memory of the battle of Chickamauga, it is often the grand dramatics of September 20, 1863 that loom largest. This is certainly understandable, as James Longstreet’s devastating assault on the...
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Men of Renown: Civil War Remembrance in 1900
ECW welcomes back guest author Arie De Young. Much modern discourse surrounding the American Civil War’s historiography is centered around how to view the leading figures of the era. These discussions...
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Book Review: The National Tribune Remembers the Atlanta Campaign: Battles,...
The National Tribune Remembers the Atlanta Campaign: Battles, Skirmishes, Marches, and Camp Life as Recalled by the Union Veterans Themselves. Edited by Stephen Davis. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas...
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The Common Soldier on George H. Thomas
ECW welcomes guest author Arie De Young. During the American Civil War, it was common practice for the leading officers of the conflict to have nicknames bestowed upon them. Of the various monikers...
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Breathing Life into the Past: Enhancing Civil War Portraits with Artificial...
ECW welcomes guest author M.A. Kleen. The American Civil War left behind a vast photographic legacy, thousands of glass plate negatives and albumen prints capturing the likenesses of soldiers,...
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Book Review: The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals
The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals. Edited by Timothy D. Johnson. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Sam Flowers For many generals on...
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Guardians of the Nation’s Glory: The Civil War Memorials of Northwest...
ECW welcomes guest author Kyle R. Hallowell Introduction When most people think of the location of Civil War memorials, they are likely to think of places such as Gettysburg or Antietam, not...
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Book Review Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain: The Eleven Critical Decisions...
Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain: The Eleven Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle. By Larry Peterson, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2023, Paperback, 200 pp, $25.58. Reviewed by Robin...
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Rain, Flintlocks Doom Rebel Attack at Mill Springs
ECW welcomes guest author Stuart W. Sanders When the Battle of Mill Springs was fought near Somerset, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862, the Union troops routed the attacking Confederate army. Although the...
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George Disney Atop Rocky Face Ridge
“I don’t think I can do this.” My voice, tense with anxiety, barely reached my husband who had already set out on the trail, leaving me in the church parking lot at the bottom of the mountain. I looked...
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The Anti-Lee: George Henry Thomas, Southerner in Blue
ECW welcomes guest author Kenly Stewart George Thomas shown among the higher echelon of Union commanders. Library of Congress. On August 21, 1831, a reckoning fell upon Southampton County, Virginia....
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Behind Enemy Lines in Kentucky
ECW welcomes back guest author Stuart W. Sanders…. Garry Adelman and Kristopher White from the American Battlefield Trust recently filmed content at multiple Civil War sites in Kentucky for the Trust’s...
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The Second Seminole War as a Civil War Training Ground
In the popular narrative of the coming of the Civil War, the U.S.-Mexico War is often identified as the military crucible through which many of the war’s most famous battlefield leaders first...
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Forgetting Nashville
Among the twenty-five bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, Nashville—fought December 15-16, 1864—stands as among the most “forgotten.” Only two major works, by Stanley F. Horn and James Lee...
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Saving General Thomas’ Rations
General George Henry Thomas Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Andrew Miller A general needs his rations like any soldier in the army. Even more important is maintaining a well fed staff as they...
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Rain, Flintlocks Doom Rebel Attack at Mill Springs
ECW welcomes guest author Stuart W. Sanders When the Battle of Mill Springs was fought near Somerset, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862, the Union troops routed the attacking Confederate army. Although the...
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George Disney Atop Rocky Face Ridge
“I don’t think I can do this.” My voice, tense with anxiety, barely reached my husband who had already set out on the trail, leaving me in the church parking lot at the bottom of the mountain. I looked...
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