Add to ORKG750,000 and rising. 2.5 percent of the population. Greater than all other American wars combined. No matter how one describes them, the casualties incurred as a result of the American Civil War are nothing short of astounding. To those who study this devastating conflict, the numbers of the fallen can seem old friends, as the cost of great battles such as Antietam or Gettysburg are burned into memory. Yet is it possible that disproportionate emphasis has been placed on the bloody toll of the Civil War? [excerpt
There is nothing quite like residing in the town of Gettysburg during the years leading up to the se...
The 147th New York\u27s monument stands along Reynolds Avenue, silently (and incorrectly) marking wh...
On Friday, October 12th, 2018, the National Civil War Medicine Museum kicked off its 26th annual con...
The battle anniversary loomed in the waning days of June. And Gettysburg was preparing. Aside from t...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
Perhaps it is because I have spent so much time with people for whom the Civil War is a life choice,...
July 1st through 3rd, 2013 marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. There were an e...
Saturday, September 8th, saw a powerful collaboration between the Civil War Institute, Antietam Nati...
Over at Cosmic America, Keith Harris beat me to the punch on this one. But Jake can attest to the fa...
Soldiers accidentally killing their comrades in combat has been an unfortunate and often under-repre...
Marching in the Gettysburg Liberty Parade in May 1918 was a drum corps consisting entirely of Civil ...
Civil War memory has been the focus of a great deal of scholarship in recent years. A large percenta...
Last spring, my friends told me that it was the perfect time to get into Civil War reenacting. “The ...
There is little controversy in claiming that the Civil War casts a long shadow. Whether you’re a his...
abstract: This thesis examines the evolution of the interpretation of the battle of Gettysburg, as w...
There is nothing quite like residing in the town of Gettysburg during the years leading up to the se...
The 147th New York\u27s monument stands along Reynolds Avenue, silently (and incorrectly) marking wh...
On Friday, October 12th, 2018, the National Civil War Medicine Museum kicked off its 26th annual con...
The battle anniversary loomed in the waning days of June. And Gettysburg was preparing. Aside from t...
The Battle of Gettysburg has inspired a more voluminous literature than any single event in American...
Perhaps it is because I have spent so much time with people for whom the Civil War is a life choice,...
July 1st through 3rd, 2013 marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. There were an e...
Saturday, September 8th, saw a powerful collaboration between the Civil War Institute, Antietam Nati...
Over at Cosmic America, Keith Harris beat me to the punch on this one. But Jake can attest to the fa...
Soldiers accidentally killing their comrades in combat has been an unfortunate and often under-repre...
Marching in the Gettysburg Liberty Parade in May 1918 was a drum corps consisting entirely of Civil ...
Civil War memory has been the focus of a great deal of scholarship in recent years. A large percenta...
Last spring, my friends told me that it was the perfect time to get into Civil War reenacting. “The ...
There is little controversy in claiming that the Civil War casts a long shadow. Whether you’re a his...
abstract: This thesis examines the evolution of the interpretation of the battle of Gettysburg, as w...
There is nothing quite like residing in the town of Gettysburg during the years leading up to the se...
The 147th New York\u27s monument stands along Reynolds Avenue, silently (and incorrectly) marking wh...
On Friday, October 12th, 2018, the National Civil War Medicine Museum kicked off its 26th annual con...