Coming Soon from the Emerging Civil War Series: To the Bitter End

The Emerging Civil War Series continues to wrap up its coverage of the end of the war, right in line with the sesquicentennial, by going right down To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy. Author Robert M. “Bert” Dunkerly has worked at Appomattox and written about Greensboro and Bennett Place, so […]

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Tenting Among the Dead

Many locations throughout Virginia witnessed multiple battles during the four years of civil war. The slope to Marye’s Heights in Fredericksburg that seemed so insurmountable in December of 1862 again felt the tramp of Union attackers the following spring in a decisively successful charge. The Wilderness of Spotsylvania County muddled tactics and confused soldiers during […]

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Paving Over Civil War Memory in the Sesquicentennial Season

A recent decision by legislators in Cattaraugus Country, New York, has paved the way for the destruction of the county’s Civil War Memorial and Historical Building. Men from Cattaraugus County served in a number of regiments during the war, but arguably the best known was the 154th New York Infantry, better known as the Hardtack Regiment. Amos […]

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A Visit to Averasboro and Bentonville

Over Columbus Day weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to North Carolina to take pictures of the battlefields of Averasboro and Bentonville. These pictures will be used in Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865. This book is part of the Emerging Civil War Series by Savas Beatie, LLC. Once […]

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Coming Soon from the Emerging Civil War Series: Dawn of Victory

As we continue to roll out the next wave of releases for the Emerging Civil War Series, we head south of the James River for Edward S. Alexander’s debut book, Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg. “In the few years since I took interest in the climactic April 2nd assaults against the Petersburg defenses, the Breakthrough […]

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Registration for the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium

We at the Emerging Civil War are pleased to announce that registration will open for the Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium this coming Saturday, November 1. You, our loyal readers, were a big part of making this past year’s symposium a success. We hope to see you again in 2015. Stay tuned to Emerging […]

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“The Kind of Whom Heroes are Made”

150 years ago today, one of the rising stars of the Union army died along a lonely stretch of road west of Rome, Georgia. Twenty-nine-year-old Bvt. Maj. Gen. Thomas E.G. Ransom passed away from the effects of dysentery. It would have shocked anyone who knew him that Ransom would meet his end in such a […]

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Money vs Memory

Editor’s Note: ECW is committed to historical preservation. Although Chris Kolakowski reacts to an instance related to a different war, this is something of concern to the general preservation community, so we’re pleased to bring it to our readers’ attention. The recent news of the desecration of the Force Z shipwrecks, HMS Prince of Wales […]

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Coming Soon from the Emerging Civil War Series: Calamity in Carolina!

The Emerging Civil War Series is getting ready to roll out its next wave of releases. We have a slew of titles nearing the final stages of development, and we’ll be offering previews over the next few days. First up: The dynamic duo of Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt return with their latest, […]

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