battlefields

4 min read 2022-05-24 23:53:40

JFK Only Ran for President Because His Older Brother Died in WWII

Of all the Kennedy children, Joseph “Joe” Jr. was chosen to be groomed for political ambitions. His father, Joseph Kennedy Sr., was a prominent

4 min read 2022-04-22 23:43:29

The conditions during the First World War were often depicted as bleak, desolate and filthy. For many, life on the Western Front was unsanitary at

3 min read 2022-04-19 19:46:32

No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I. Europe still bears the scars of the war, even almost a century later. The

1 min read 2022-04-19 01:13:58

April 19th in American Revolutionary War history is usually remembered as the day the “shot heard around the world” happened in the towns of

1 min read 2022-04-02 21:32:07

This Sunday on the Emerging Revolutionary War’s Facebook page, Robert Dunkerly will join the “Rev War Revelry” to discuss his newest

5 min read 2022-03-12 01:00:43

In mid-February some work travels took me to the Carolinas, and I decided to take a stretch break at Bentonville Battlefield in North Carolina.

7 min read 2022-03-10 01:00:33

In the Fall of 1862, the threat of invasion loomed large for the citizens of southcentral Pennsylvania. With General Robert E. Lee’s Army of

10 min read 2022-03-07 07:00:00

This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern

2 min read 2022-03-05 01:00:50

Chris Brown (left), Assistant Director and Jason Shaffer (right), Operations Manager of Civil War Trails work to clean up and repair the sign

2 min read 2022-03-03 12:36:27

I spent yesterday working on The Hard Years, the fourth book in my Tinder Street family saga, and the title of today’s blog says it all. Today’s

8 min read 2022-03-02 19:00:00

This March brings the 241st Anniversary of the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. While this battle is of immense importance to the Southern

1 min read 2022-03-02 07:00:23

The series on Civil War Forts is wrapping up, and – as usual – we’re collecting all the series’ articles into one post for easy reference in

5 min read 2022-03-02 01:00:20

Major General John Sappington Marmaduke around 1864. Courtesy of the Central Arkansas Library System. By mid to late October of 1864, Major General

4 min read 2022-02-28 23:45:21

Breaking up is tough. Breaking up during wartime? Even tougher. “Dear John” letters have gone from dreaded pieces of paper to emails and beyond.

5 min read 2022-02-27 01:00:39

It was in February 1861, just two months before the Civil War began, when seceding southern states began to seize control of federal forts after