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Robert Smalls and the Daring Capture of “Planter”
ECW welcomes guest author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. “The Gunboat ‘Planter,’ Run Out of Charleston, S.C. by Robert Smalls, May 1862” Harper’s Weekly, June 14, 1862. At dawn on May 13, 1862, an enslaved...
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January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
Posing in a photographer’s studio, a young woman donned a soldier’s kepi and held a cocked rifle to demonstrate her willingness to fight for the Union. (Bangor Historical Society) In January 2022, my...
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ECW Weekender: Forts Footage from the ECW YouTube Page
We have forts on the brain this month, so if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, how about a video tour of some of our favorite forts? We have a ton of fort footage on the Emerging Civil...
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“The Sound of the First Gun”: The Bombardment of Fort Sumter Observed at a...
It’s the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, the traditional beginning of the American Civil War (April 12, 1861). In the April 20th edition of The Charleston Daily Courier, I found the...
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May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. A plaque affixed to a...
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Shaw’s Sword
Robert G. Shaw, 1861 (LOC) Yesterday, I shared a cool artifact from the Massachusetts Historical Society‘s collection, which Kris White and I had the chance to explore as part of a project we’re...
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Six Miles to Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell, and 192 Pages of Awesome
The latest book from the Emerging Civil War Series is now available from Savas Beatie: Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Secessionville, June 16, 1862 by Jim Morgan (click...
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Deconstructing Common Misconceptions of the April 1863 Fort Sumter Ironclad...
April 7, 2023, marks the 160th anniversary of the ironclad assault against Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor and since I am speaking about 1863 Charleston at the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium, it...
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Naval Witnesses to the July 18, 1863, Battery Wagner Assault
At dusk on July 18, 1863, a division of the United States X Corps spearheaded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment advanced up Morris Island to assault Battery Wagner....
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September 2023 Maine at War blog posts
In September 2023 my Maine at War blog reported on topics ranging from the Republican governor who got into trouble with his own party from the “git go” to a fast-thinking Mainer who impersonated Ohio....
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