Author Archives: Emerging Civil War

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Posted on December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all the writers here at Emerging Civil War!

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Question of the Week for December 17, 2012

Posted on December 17, 2012

In your opinion, was Stonewall Jackson better on the offensive or better on the defensive?

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Simply Murder Book Signing

Posted on December 12, 2012

As a reminder, Chris Mackowski will be at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Bookstore on December 13th signing copies of Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg. The signing is set to run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by and say hi … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week for Dec. 11, 2012

Posted on December 10, 2012

What was the superior defensive position: the Sunken Road at Antietam, the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg, or the Sunken Road at Shiloh?

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“Simply Murder” in Fredericksburg

Posted on December 9, 2012

On Saturday morning, Chris Mackowski (left) and Kris White (right) debuted the initial volume in the new Emerging Civil War book series from Savas Beatie, Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg. The two authors appeared at the Fredericksburg Visitor Center’s … Continue reading →

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December Presentations

Posted on December 5, 2012

December: 6th: Kristopher White at the Greater Greensburg Civil War Roundtable (Greesnburg, PA) 10th: Daniel Davis at the Rappahannock Valley Civil War Roundtable (Fredericksburg, VA) 11th: Kristopher White at the First Defender’s Civil War Roundtable (PA) 13th: Chris Mackowski at … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: December 2, 2012

Posted on December 3, 2012

Who is to blame for the Union defeat at Fredericksburg: Halleck, Lincoln or Burnside?

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To Fight Aloud is Very Brave

Posted on November 25, 2012

On the heels of Chris’s recent series on Civil War-related literature, we thought we’d pass along a link sent to us about a new book, To Fight Aloud is Very Brave by Faith Barrett. Barrett argues “a broad range of … Continue reading →

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Thank You for 500

Posted on November 25, 2012

How appropriate that we wrap up the Thanksgiving weekend at the same time Emerging Civil War hits its 500th post. It gives us the perfect opportunity to say “Thank you” to you, our Constant Reader, for joining us as we’ve … Continue reading →

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New Emerging Civil War book series debuts!

Posted on November 20, 2012

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with publisher Savas Beatie for the launch of a new book imprint, the Emerging Civil War Series. The Emerging Civil War Series offers compelling and easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil … Continue reading →

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