Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire—A Review
Chancellorsville: Crossroads of Fire Author: Chris Mackowski Thomas Publications 2011 137 Pages (4 Maps) 2 Appendices When many Civil War enthusiasts think of the battle of Chancellorsville, the first thought that pops to their mind is the wounding of Stonewall Jackson. For many, the battle begins and ends with the daring flank attack and wounding […]
Read more...Coming Up!
As we embark on a new week I wanted to give an update as to what we have been working on here at Emerging Civil War.
Read more...Antietam on the Edge of the Storm
The Cornfield at Antietam Saturday, August 27, 2011 The dark clouds of Hurricane Irene loom over the battlefield
Read more...Week 1 in Review
We have had a fantastic first week here at the blog. On behalf of all of the authors, thank you so much for the support. We hope to keep producing high quality work on the topic. Personally I wanted to say thank you to Eric Wittenberg and John Cummings.
Read more...Civil War, Civil Rights, and Thoughts on the MLK National Memorial
In late August 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and conjured the Union war leader in envisioning a new America: “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the […]
Read more...The Road to Bennett Place
The road to Bennett Place started for me, as it did for William T. Sherman and Joe Johnston, in Manassas. Unlike the two army commanders, though, I’ve come here, to north-central North Carolina on the outskirts of Durham, with intent rather than through happenstance.
Read more...Some General Thoughts on Major General George A. Custer
It is strange how often the passage of time tends to seemingly obscure our view of certain events. Such as that took place in southeastern Montana in the early summer of 1876. June 25 of our Centennial Year was a Sunday. On that Sabbath afternoon, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry […]
Read more...Welcome to Emerging Civil War
On behalf of the founders of the Emerging Civil War Blog we would like to welcome you to our corner of the internet. We sincerely hope that you will stop by often. This blog will offer posts three to five times a week. Our goal is to give a voice to new and upcoming authors, […]
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