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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: A Conclusion

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Our official blog series “Battlefield Markers & Monuments” concludes this evening, but of course you’ll continue to find articles about historical sites and markers throughout the coming months on Emerging Civil War. We hope you’ve enjoyed the details about markers … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Wisconsin Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park

Posted on November 8, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back Paige Gibbons-Backus Growing up in Wisconsin, I have always been interested in history, and while Wisconsin has some interesting Civil War history such as the Iron Brigade, “Old Abe,” and Camp Randall, it really was … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 11/6-11/12/17

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

We’ve been sharing some of the history surrounding markers, monuments, or memorials on battlefields or at historic sites. Is there a particular battlefield or historic marker that has been helpful or especially meaningful in your Civil War studies? Why?

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Gettysburg vs. Petersburg

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

A veteran Union general reflected on battlefield landscapes, markers, and monuments several decades after the war during a visit to Petersburg, Virginia. There is a peculiar impressiveness about the forsaken. Some deep places in us are moved by a forlorn … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Antietam’s New Jersey Monument

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Kevin Pawlak

Of the cluster of monuments dotting the southwest corner of Antietam’s bloody Cornfield, one seems to stand out among the rest. Its height is certainly not unique, nor is the fact that a bronze soldier adorns it (one can find … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Woodson’s Missourians At New Market

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The marker sits near the orchard, within sight of the Bushong House on Virginia’s New Market Battlefield. It’s normally a peaceful, quiet scene on a typical twenty-first century day. We look closer to read the fading inscription in the limestone: … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: An Introduction

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

When the Emerging Civil War team developed and approved this special series at the beginning of this year, we didn’t realize “monuments” would be such a keyword in historical discussions. (In fact, ECW spent a couple weeks in August hosting … Continue reading →

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