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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactic: How Technology Drove Change (Part Eight)
Major General James H. Wilson (conclusion to a series) Young Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, a member of the West Point class of 1861 who was known as Harry to his family and friends, commanded the Cavalry...
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ECW Weekender: The Last Battle
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Joe Mieczkowski While driving through Georgia recently, I happened upon an historical marker declaring that the final land battle of the Civil War occurred...
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Upton’s Attack at Spotsylvania: Modern Trail Map
I can safely speak for the Virginia cabal of Emerging Civil War that we are big fans of Emory Upton. An influential military tactician, he is probably best known for his assault on the western face of...
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The Richmond Howitzers at Spotsy
It was a beautiful day to be on the battlefield today…. I was at Spotsylvania Court House, doing some prep for a program I’m giving for the Chambersburg Civil War Seminar tonight about Emory Upton’s...
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Book Review: Till Death Do Us Part: The Letters of Emory and Emily Upton
Salvatore G. Cilella Jr., ed. Till Death Do Us Part: The Letters of Emory and Emily Upton 1868-1870 University of Oklahoma Press, 2020 $26.95 paperback If there was ever a perfect storm for suicide,...
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“Battlefield Season”
Stonewall Jackson Death Site, circa 2000 “Battlefield season,” as I refer to early May, is always an especially busy time of year for me. Of the five battlefields I live among, the battles of...
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Saving History Saturday: Myer’s Hill
On May 14, 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was moving the Union V and VI Crops from the right flank of the Army of the Potomac’s position in Spotsylvania, to the left flank. He was hoping to either...
View ArticleRudely Stamp’d: Emory Upton Featured in a New Play
Rudely Stamp’d, a roving theater company that produces history-themed plays, recently performed their newest production “Brothers at Odd’s: The Brisbane Story” in Batavia, NY, after Derek Maxfield was...
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Book Review: From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton’s Regulars: A Civil War...
From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton’s Regulars: A Civil War Memoir from the 121st New York Regiment. By Dewitt Clinton Beckwith and edited by Salvatore G. Cilella, Jr. Jefferson, NC: McFarland,...
View ArticleCivil War Art: “The Graphic War” with Sal Cilella
Sal Cilella writes a monthly column for Civil War News called “The Graphic War,” which looks at Civil War-era artwork. As part of ECW’s blog series “Civil War Art of the Era & Eyewitnesses,” I...
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