Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in July at his blog, Maine at War:
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Refusing to kowtow to political shenanigans in his own party, Maine Republican Governor Abner Coburn runs afoul powerful politicians as he seeks re-election in 1863. Continue reading
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What defines the Lost Cause is a general belief that the South did not fight the Civil War for the sake of slavery, but for broadly constitutional rights. The sacrifices of the war were valorized and memorialized. Robert E. Lee became a heroic figure, boosted by many into a military genius in the mold of Hannibal Barca. Fallen generals such as “Stonewall” Jackson, “Jeb” Stuart, Leonidas Polk, and Sidney Johnston were fixtures of veneration. It also emphasized the war in Virginia, where the Rebels won most the battles and held out while the rest of the Confederacy was overrun. There are many more aspects, such as negative appraisals of Ulysses S. Grant and James Longstreet, but those are the main ones I have observed. Continue reading
This feels like a season of innovation, especially at ECW as we’re getting ready for a Virtual Symposium this year.
What’s your favorite innovation from the Civil War?
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin
It’s Week 19 and the concluding post of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the chapter notes, just click here for the collection in the archive. This week we are looking at chapters 37 and 38. Continue reading
It’s time for week in review, and you’ll meet several new guest authors, find new virtual experiences, and discover lots of historical articles. Continue reading
American Battlefield Trust is working to save 99 acres at Shiloh, Raymond, and Vicksburg battlefields and raising $553,330 to ensure the preservation of this land.
Here are the historic details from their website announcement and donation page: Continue reading
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Today, let’s take a look at some of the exhibits spotlighting Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy: Continue reading
Say what you will about the Confederate Constitution, but in one respect it got things right. The C.S. Postal Service, for example, after a year had to be financially self-supporting.
Not so the USPS, as we all know. And for the postcard shown here, it can’t even get the history right. Continue reading
Stuart’s Ride (Library of Congress)
This week I’ve been getting my notes ready for the Virtual Symposium filming session where I’ll be sharing about J.E.B. Stuart’s 1862 Chambersburg Raid. In the process of reviewing the historical information, I moved backward on the timeline and re-examined some primary sources related to the Chickahominy Raid in June 1862 on the Viginia Peninsula. With approximately 1,200 cavalrymen and a two gun detachment from the Stuart Horse Artillery, they started on June 12 and returned three days later—bringing back the information that General Lee wanted and completing the first “ride around McClellan.”
This except from Chiswell Dabney’s letter to his mother on June 18, 1862, gives some details of his experiences. Spelling is original. Continue reading
“Capture of Willich” by Metzner
ECW welcomes back guest author David T. Dixon
August Willich heard the commotion and leapt onto his horse, desperate to rejoin his command.[1] Amid the smoke and confusion, he galloped directly into McNair’s Arkansans, who were mopping up what was left of Kirk’s broken brigade. James Stone, a volunteer aide to General McNair, confronted Willich and demanded his surrender, but Willich turned his horse and fled.[2] A cannonball shattered the hind leg of Willich’s horse, but the general was uninjured. Stone took Willich’s sword and led him away.[3]
Willich and thousands of captured Union soldiers were rushed to the rear of the Confederate lines. Jubilant guards herded the captives into the walled courthouse yard in Murfreesboro. A fellow prisoner observed Willich wringing his hands and moaning, “My poor boys! My poor boys!”[4] His brigade decimated, Willich and his comrades were forced to sign a parole of honor, promising not to fight the Confederates until exchanged.
August Willich was the prize capture for Confederates at the Battle of Stones River which ushered in January 1863. A career officer in the Prussian army, he had joined ill-fated rebellions in Germany in 1848 and 1849 against his king. He then became a political refugee in America.
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