Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era
MCWI publishes Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era annually. 论文研究了一系列与内战时代有关的主题, broadly defined, in the Shenandoah Valley. The Journal is available for sale at a variety of bookstores, museums, and historic sites throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Additionally, it may be purchased online. 期刊销售的所有收益直接支持MCWI的各种项目, 在凉爽的春天战场的大学河校区的解释工作, and unique educational opportunities for our students.
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The quarterly newsletter of the McCormick Civil War Institute
在麦考密克内战研究所的季刊“纠察邮报”中查看最新消息.这份时事通讯让你随时了解内战研究所发生的所有令人兴奋的事情, keeps you informed of various events sponsored by CWI, 让你了解支持内战研究所的各种方式. “纠察驿站”包含两个常规的历史特色-“公告”和“法属区文物”.”
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“有很多话要说”:罗伯特·布拉德伯里下士的内战信件, Battery D, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery
When Robert Bradbury 1862年8月,他加入了第一宾夕法尼亚轻炮兵团,他坚信要尽自己所能支持联邦的战争努力. 这一系列的29封信不仅记录了布拉德伯里从弗吉尼亚半岛到谢南多厄山谷的战争经历, but presents his thoughts on the war, politics, and the home front.
The book is edited by Jonathan Noyalas, ’01 M.A., director of the McCormick Civil War Institute, and Charles Givens, 他是二战老兵,多年前就开始抄写和整理这些信件. Givens, who died in 2001, is the father of Harriet Johnston, 这位宾夕法尼亚州居民于2019年春天将布拉德伯里的信件捐赠给了该研究所. Bradbury was the grandfather of Johnston’s aunt by marriage.
诺亚拉斯读过数千封来自内战士兵的信,他打电话来 Bradbury’s collection unique and one of the richest he’s seen. 布拉德伯里不仅记录了战场上发生的事情, 但他也记录了当时的时事和政治, 比如林肯总统遇刺和杰弗逊·戴维斯被捕.
REVIEW EXCERPTS
“布拉德伯里的书信揭示了战时弗吉尼亚一名年轻士兵未经审查的想法和印象……诺亚拉斯详尽的注释巧妙地将布拉德伯里的经历置于更广泛的内战叙事中……这是一本强有力的汇编,也是一个通过参战人员的眼睛来看待内战的机会。.”–Jennifer M. Murray, Oklahoma State University, author of On a Great Battlefield
“Spiced with his pungent political commentary, candid assessments of military leaders, and the latest pickings from the grapevine telegraph, 布拉德伯里的杰出信件为现代历史学家提供了有关弗吉尼亚战场上士兵生活的重要见解.——布莱恩·马修·乔丹,山姆·休斯顿州立大学,普利策奖决赛选手 Marching Home and co-editor of The War Went On.
“Capably edited and valuably annotated… “So Much to Say” 雄辩地展示了将前线与后方联系在一起的情感和物质纽带. 对政治和军事生活直言不讳, 布拉德伯里敏锐的实用主义说明了普通士兵如何驾驭战争的沧桑……这本书的读者会对布拉德伯里在十大正规博彩网站评级博彩平台推荐下游的战争经历特别感兴趣.”–James J. Broomall, Shepherd University, author of Private Confederacies
“这是对不断增长的关于普通士兵在营地经历的文献的宝贵贡献, on the battlefield, 以及联邦军队和美国的政治领域.”–Kevin R. Pawlak,威廉王子县历史保护部门的历史遗址经理,著有 Shepherdstown in the Civil War
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“一个好的事业”:来自纽约第九重炮的信件
The 9th New York Heavy Artillery, 最初在1862年夏天组建为第138纽约步兵团, 在华盛顿的防御中度过了最初的20个月, D.C., 但在1864年春天,他被分配到波托马克河第六军团詹姆斯·里基茨将军的师. 从那一刻起,直到1865年春天内战结束,该团发现自己在弗吉尼亚和马里兰的冷港进行了一些最激烈的战斗, Monocacy, Third Battle of Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg. This collection of sixty letters, written between March 1863-June 1865, 让我们深入了解国家首都的防御情况, combat during the Civil War’s final year, perspectives on politics, evolving attitudes toward war, the difficulties United States soldiers, and their families, confronted during our nation’s most tumultuous moment, and how they coped and adjusted.
The book is edited by Jonathan Noyalas, ’01 M.A., director of the McCormick Civil War Institute.
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在花了20个月辛苦的时间驻守包围华盛顿特区的防御工事之后.C., 第9纽约重炮团的士兵们在1864年血腥的夏天冲上了前线, packing an astounding degree of marching, entrenching, and hard fighting into the space of a year. 展示了近60封以前未发表的信件,来自该团的少数士兵, “A Good Cause” 提供了一个独特的、受欢迎的、多声音的视角来看待我们国家的决定性事件. 由历史学家Jonathan A. Noyalas, 这些信件对人们如何在战争的极端环境中生存提供了宝贵的见解, toggled between various forms of duty, and adjusted to the conflict’s changing cadences. 从华盛顿的防御到冷港的恐怖, 从单调的战壕生活到谢南多厄山谷胜利的喜悦, 这个珍贵的收藏品说明了内战中士兵的多样性和需求.”–Brian Matthew Jordan, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War 山姆休斯顿州立大学历史系系主任
“The compilation of letters in A Good Cause 通过纽约第9重炮团的十几名士兵的眼睛,提供了一个体验内战的机会. Readers interested in the defenses of Washington, D.C., the Overland Campaign, or the 1864 Valley Campaign, will find much of value in these fifty-nine letters, assembled in a smartly and thoroughly annotated collection.”–Jennifer M. Murray, Oklahoma State University, author of 在一个伟大的战场上:葛底斯堡国家军事公园的建立、管理和记忆)