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Prelude to Antietam
Antietam, Sharpsburg—whichever name you prefer, it characterizes the bloodiest single-day in American history. On the fields surrounding this bucolic western Maryland town, 23,000 men became...
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New York Saves The Union
That is perhaps a hyperbolic title. But one brigade of all New York soldiers saved two Federal armies in the summer and fall of 1863, at Gettysburg and Chattanooga – thereby arguably doing more to...
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“Our clocks are slow” L’Hermione, Lafayette and the Franco-American Alliance
Marquis de Lafayette With the visit of the L’Hermione to the east coast of the United States this summer, there has been a heightened interest in the Franco-American alliance that won the American...
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The Second City
The Civil War defined America – that statement is heard often in many quarters. We use that phrase in ECW’s tagline. Many effects from that conflict are quite visible in today’s America, while others...
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Dranesville: A Troubled Town, Part 3
Part three in a series. Part One is here, and Part Two is here. War had come, and the people of Herkimer County, New York answered. Located towards the center of the state, the New Yorkers soon heard...
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Saving History Saturday: How One Group of Passionate Preservationists Saved a...
In 1914, over two hundred Union veterans gathered in Little Valley, New York for not only their annual reunion, but to dedicate their community’s newest Civil War memorial. A two-story octagonal...
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Civil War Echoes: The Battle of Okinawa
Today 74 years ago Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa, got underway as the first of 183,000 soldiers and Marines of U.S. Tenth Army swarmed ashore at Hagushi on the island’s west coast. It was...
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Saving History Saturday: Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP)...
Just this week, the Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) group launched their inaugural newsletter! Established in 2014 to save the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in...
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Saving History Saturday: Pre-Civil War Era Building in Buffalo, New York to...
Just this week, Preservation Buffalo Niagara has announced its plans to save an 1848 building – named the Eliza Quirtk Boarding House – in downtown Buffalo, New York. The Eliza Quirk Boarding House in...
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