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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: A Conclusion
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
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Wisconsin Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
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
Question of the Week: 11/6-11/12/17
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?
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: From Civil to World War – The Missouri State Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Pawlak (Trout) On the northeast sector of Vicksburg National Military Park near the Stockade Redan, sits the Missouri State Memorial, the only memorial there that is dedicated to both Federal and Confederate … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: What’s On The Blog Series Header?
What’s the small battlefield monument image on the blog series header? Short Answer: 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park. Located at The Angle on Cemetery Ridge, this monument is actually one of two at Gettysburg for the … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: An Ocean Without Monuments
We’re featuring another post from the Emerging Civil War Archives for our Battlefield Markers & Monuments series. In today’s archived article, Dwight Hughes shares his perspective on the lack of monuments or markers commemorating the Civil War conflict at sea. … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: McKinley’s Monument
We invite you to explore an article from the Emerging Civil War Archives. Chris Kolakowski shared his thoughts about the McKinley Monument at Antietam National Battlefield in 2014. McKinley’s Monument
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Gettysburg vs. Petersburg
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
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
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: An Introduction
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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