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A Letter from William Childs
The following post by guest author Dan Welch is one of a series of posts that will chronicle a Union surgeon’s letters leading up to the end of the Civil War, 150 years later. One of the best sets of...
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Coming Soon from the Emerging Civil War Series: Dawn of Victory
As we continue to roll out the next wave of releases for the Emerging Civil War Series, we head south of the James River for Edward S. Alexander’s debut book, Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at...
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The Letters of Surgeon William Child
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dan Welch. Dan continues to chronicle the letters of a surgeon in the Army of the Potomac. William Child. When we last left William Child, assistant...
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The Joy and Sadness of Archibald Gracie
Brigadier General Archibald Gracie was an unlikely Confederate general: a New Yorker by birth and pedigree. Gracie’s family was prominent in New York City from the Colonial era on. Gracie received his...
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The Strategic Impact of the Battle of Nashville
Ulysses S. Grant When Maj. Gen. George Thomas’ Union forces drove the Army of Tennessee from their position south of Nashville on December 16, 1864, it signaled an end to John Bell Hood’s invasion of...
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William Child in 1865
A new year was well underway in the Army of the Potomac’s camps outside of Petersburg, Virginia when William Child, Surgeon of the 5th New Hampshire wrote to his wife Carrie. He had last written her a...
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Striking out from Savannah: Uncle Billy Moves North
Major General William T. Sherman At the conclusion of the “March to the Sea”, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s armies spent Christmas 1864 in and around Savannah, Georgia. While his men were...
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What Did They Know?
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes Shenandoah in Hobson’s Bay, Melbourne, February 1865. Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. When considering historical...
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Visiting Pamplin Park on the Road to Appomattox
Edward Alexander stands inside the Confederate line near the spot where Charlie Gould, the first Federal into the works, broke through. For anyone following Lee’s retreat and Grant’s pursuit this week,...
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Battle of Blandford
On April 25, approximately 2,500 smartly dressed but campaign worn uniformed invaders attacked Virginians defending their homes and hearths around Petersburg, Virginia. One would suspect that the...
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The Mud Creek Line-Remembering What the Soldiers Forgot
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Bobby Novak When one thinks about 1864, the cities of Petersburg, Richmond, and Atlanta all come to mind, capped by Sherman’s March to the Sea. The battles...
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Review: “The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the...
The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864, by William Glenn Robertson. (Savas Beatie: 2015). 3 pages preface, 147 pages main text, Appendix 1: Federal...
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Name Change for A.P. Hill Elementary School?
Ambrose Powell Hill has a secure enough legacy. The general is buried under his own monument which towers above the Hermitage-Labernum intersection in Richmond, placed there by major-turned-developer...
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November-December Presentations
November: 7th: Chris Kolakowski “1865: An End and a Beginning,” Waynesboro Public Library, Waynesboro VA 7th: Chris Mackowski: “Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S....
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General John Martindale: Genesee’s Forgotten General
John Martindale. Wikipedia Commons. I was recently asked to participate in a ghost walk to benefit the Historic Batavia Cemetery in Batavia, NY. Knowing as they do my interest in the Civil War, I was...
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Coal from Confederate Santa, Christmas 1864
December 25, 1864 was greeted throughout the south without much of the joy and celebration that typically marks the Christmas season. Confederate armies were on the retreat from lost strongholds or...
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Symposium Spotlight: Edward Alexander and the Breakthrough at Petersburg
Edward Alexander is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Edward has an affinity for the Federal 6th Army Corps. He is set to make his first speaking appearance at the Emerging Civil War Symposium...
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The Wedge to Split the Confederacy
Sneak preview of my presentation at the Emerging Civil War Symposium later this summer. Click on the map for a larger version.
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Fanny Chamberlain: Heroine In A General’s Love Story (Part 2)
Fanny Chamberlain (This is Part 2 of an article published yesterday) July 17, 1863 My dear Fanny I was very much surprised to have a letter from you dated at New York. I have been writing you at...
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