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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Picks Chancellorsville 150th as Vacation Destination
Tim O’Neil: “The battle of Chancellorsville (April 30-May 6, 1863) was a Union humiliation and is regarded as Lee’s most brilliant triumph. It inspired him to push north into Pennsylvania. It’s also...
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Chancellorsville 150th on the Battlefield: Your Top 3 Clicks
Thinking about going to one, or more, of the special tours and events the National Park Service is hosting for the Battle of Chancellorsville’s sesquicentennial? Great! I think you’ll enjoy it. But...
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Civil War Trust Unveils Chancellorsville 360-Degree Battlefield Viewer
The Web wizards at the Civil War Trust have done it again! Just in time for the Battle of Chancellorsville’s 150th anniversary, they’ve delivered a neatly wrapped gift to history lovers everywhere: a...
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May 3-5: Virginia’s Civil War 150 HistoryMobile to Visit Spotsylvania
History is on the move in Virginia as the Civil War 150 HistoryMobile rolls into Spotsylvania for a three-day visit Friday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 5th, 2013. The exhibit, an initiative of the...
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Chancellorsville’s Opening Day: ‘We are a Remembering People’
If there us a blogger’s code of ethics, my action now probably violates it. But John Hennessy, chief historian and chief of interpretation at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,...
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5:30p Today: Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge near Spotsylvania Courthouse
If you have a little time free this evening, feel free to drop on by what’s sure to be a fine set of talks by Civil War historians at the scenic Stevenson Ridge Bed and Breakfast near Spotsylvania...
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May 4-5: Battlefield Hospital at Ellwood, ‘The Farm With the Arm’
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville with a special living history program at...
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May 3: ‘Stonewall’ Jackson, Just a Regular Guy?
The Mountain Road Illuminated, May 2, 2013. Here, Jackson fell wounded. John Hennessy, via Fredericksburg Remembered:These are the first portion of the remarks I gave at the event marking the 150th...
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NPS Rocks Photo Coverage of Battle of Chancellorsville 150th
The social media team under the National Park Service’s Washington Office has been tearing it up photographically each and every day of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville. These...
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Our Civil War Dead: They Risked Their Future To Be Here
A wise man once said that prosperity is not enough to hold a nation together. History shows that nations are built on service and often costly service. Service is a term we use for having been part...
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