This is the last of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall was one of many built by its namesake, Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist who was moved by the...
This is the sixth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 92,348. That is the number of casualties the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia had suffered from the start of the Seven Day’s Campaign...
This is the fifth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. We have all read, and in some cases experienced, the impacts of a disaster that visits our homes and communities. A normal life is suddenly upset and,...
This is the fourth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. To many, the Civil War was, well, civil. Somehow, despite all we know, it does not seem quite so terrible as the world wars that would follow...
This is the second of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. On March 24th we reviewed a presentation from the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar by retired NPS Harper’s Ferry Historian Dennis Frye. It takes a special...
This is the first of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. With the weather still not quite at peak battlefield trekking conditions, the opportunity to explore the Civil War indoors with first-class scholars and historians (in some instances,...
This is the sixth and final part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg The summer and fall of 1862 marked a sea change in the conduct and goals of the American Civil War, and all of the...
This is the fifth part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in United States military history, almost always overshadows the other clashes between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac during the first invasion...
This is the fourth part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg The First Defenders Civil War Round Table had the opportunity in March 2024 to hear Greg Mertz present on the Battle of Cedar Mountain, but while this similarly titled program still touted “Jackson is...
This is the third part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg. There was a time when Civil War literature focused largely on military actions without appreciable consideration of related “social issues.” In 1993 when National Park Service historian John Hennessy published “Return to Bull Run:...
