Monthly Archives: July 2024
Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign
This pamphlet comes from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey. Andrew Brown, of the US Geological Survey, Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign, First Edition, September 1962, Eleventh Printing, June, 2006, 20 pages. In the Preface we find this pamphlet “appeared originally in the July-August 1961 […]
Civil War Photographs and Stereoviews
In this video, Professor Barbara Gannon of the University of Central Florida discusses Civil War photography, photographs, and stereoscopes at the annual Virginia Tech Civil War Weekend. The video’s description reads, “Historian Barbara Gannon talked about how Civil War photographs brought the horrors of the battlefront to Americans at home, but also described the wide range of scenes […]
Fight Over Slavery in Antebellum Newspapers
Professor Paul Quigley, Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and Professor of History at Virginia Tech, discusses antebellum newspapers and the fight over slavery, as well as the role antebellum newspapers played in causing the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Virginia Center for Civil War Studies director Paul Quigley talked about the role […]
Saying Goodbye to a Friend
Today we said goodbye to our friend, Peter Carmichael. The service was held at Christ Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, fitting for its Civil War connection, as it was where Chaplain Howell of the 90th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was murdered by a confederate soldier. All the pews were filled, the balcony was filled, and an overflow […]
Geology and the History of the Iron Ore Industry in the New River-Cripple Creek District of Southwestern Virginia
This article from Professor Robert C. Whisonant comes from Virginia Minerals, Vol. 44, No. 4, November 1998, pp. 25-35. “Virginia’s iron industry was there at the beginning, for the 10-inch mortar that fired the opening round was cast by the great Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. Of the 48 pieces that bombarded Fort Sumter, at […]
The Saddest Affair: A Geologic Perspective on the Battle of the Crater, U.S. Civil War
This article on geology and the battle of the Crater comes from the William and Mary Blogs. “In the summer of 1864 the Confederate and Union armies were at a stalemate; dug in and facing each other across a long front. Lt. Colonel Henry Pleasants, a mining engineer from northeastern Pennsylvania, proposed digging a tunnel […]
Geology and the Civil War in Southwestern Virginia: Union Raiders in the New River Valley, May, 1864
This article by Professor Robert C. Whisonant is in Virginia Minerals, Vol. 43, No. 4, November 1997, pp. 29-39. “On Monday, May 9, 1864 – a beautiful sun-splashed day in the mountains of southwestern Virginia – the largest Civil War battle ever fought in that sector of the Old Dominion erupted at the base of […]
Friendly Enemies
Professor Lauren Thompson discusses fraternization between US and confederate soldiers in the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “McKendree University professor Lauren Thompson talked about how, despite prohibitions against it, Union and Confederate soldiers often fraternized, sharing coffee, tobacco, and newspapers. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, hosted this event.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?534468-1/friendly-enemies
Silent Cavalry
In this discussion, journalist Howell Raines speaks about Alabama Unionist cavalry, the 1st Alabama Cavalry (US), during the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Author and journalist Howell Raines talked about Union soldiers from Alabama who aided General Sherman in his 1864 March to the Sea during the Civil War. The Montclair Public Library in New Jersey sponsored this program.” […]
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