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Saving History Saturday: 303 Acres To Save In Tennessee
American Battlefield Trust announced the opportunity to preserve two important tracts totaling 301 acres at Lookout Mountain and Franklin in Tennessee. According the news release: We have the...
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“Almost Scared Speechless”
Sergeant D. H. Hamilton battled with the First Texas in Hood’s Brigade, a unit known for its fierce courage. But in the autumn of 1863, he had a “creepy” experience that reads almost like a classic...
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ECW Weekender: Chancellorsville and ChickChatt
This weekend marks the anniversary of the 1863 battle of Chancellorsville. Folks who visited the battlefield last summer and over the winter discovered that the Chancellorsville Visitor Center (CVC)...
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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Battle Above the Clouds
Writing Battle above the Clouds To date, I have written eleven books, co-authored one (Tullahoma) and contributed essays to two more. Most of that writing has been published by Savas Beatie, though I...
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The 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Lookout Mountain
At three o’clock in the morning on Tuesday November 24, 1863, having received his orders from Union XII Corps commander Major General Joseph Hooker, Brigadier General John Geary sent the men of his...
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Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet in Chattanooga, Part I
ECW welcomes guest author Ed Lowe A prewar image of Braxton Bragg, Rosecrans’ Tennessee nemesis. Courtesy of the Library of Congress The Confederate victory at Chickamauga, Georgia, in September 1863...
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Maine at War November 2022 blog posts
In November 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a dedicated re-enactor sharing his observations about Gettysburg’s 2022 Remembrance Day to the terrible patriotic price paid by the...
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A View from Above the Clouds
The battle of Lookout Mountain occurred 160 years ago today, helping to eventually drive back Confederate forces out of Tennessee following their victory at Chickamauga. Major General Joseph Hooker...
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The Saddest Christmas
On December 25, 1863, Sergeant Leonhard Schlumpf of the 45th New York sat in his camp below Lookout Mountain and recorded a single line in his diary: “The saddest Christmas.”[1] Those that have...
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A Week on the Road with Civil War Trails: Part 2
Continued from Part One Official Records of the Civil War Trails. The Tennessee Campaign of 2024 A Week on the Road Day Three Out team’s third day began in Chattanooga – easily. In fact, we even woke...
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