The Year in Review 2016: #6
Chris Kolakowski’s “Civil War Echoes” posts remain among one of our most popular features here at ECW. By day, Chris keeps his feet firmly entrenched in World War II as the executive director of the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia. But his first love was the Civil War, and his position at the MacArthur Memorial […]
Read more...Richard Adams, Author of Traveller, dies at 96
While most of the pop culture world was mourning the death this week of Star Wars’ Princess Leia and 80s pop icon George Michael, I heard the quieter news of the death of one of my favorite authors, Richard Adams. Best known for his novel Watership Down, Adams also authored a book known to many […]
Read more...Year In Review: Mexican-American War 170th Series
This year in March 2016, the blog series “Mexican-American War 170th” started. It’s an on-going project highlighting important historical moments, leaders, battles, and common soldiers. Spearheaded by ECW author Ryan Quint, the series has brought a new perspective to the Civil War conflict and expanded the blog’s platform and reach.
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #7
While it’s easy to stereotype soldiers as “Billy Yank” and “Johnny Reb” or “the Yankee horde” or “the bedraggled Confederates”—or any number of other ways—it’s important to understand the sheer variety that underlies those simplistic characterizations. Last spring, Matt Stanley dove into those demographics more deeply to reveal some surprising diversity among the Union army. Coming […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #8
According to the conventional wisdom, the Eastern Theater overshadows the Western Theater, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at our top ten posts for 2016. The West is well-represented. #9 on our list featured Longstreet in the West; #8 jumps from 1863 to 1864 and the Atlanta Campaign. Guest author Angela Zombeck gave readers […]
Read more...Year In Review: Ted Alexander Interview
Chris Mackowski had the opportunity to interview historian Ted Alexander and shared in the interview in February 2016. In case you missed it (or want to re-read it!), we decided to share as part of the highlights of this year. You’ll find the five part interview here: Ted Alexander Interview
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #9
In August, Dave Powell kicked off an extended series about Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, the “Old Warhorse” of Robert E. Lee, who went west to aid in the ailing Confederate effort in Tennessee. Longstreet performed well at Chickamauga, but then went on to tarnish his reputation by getting embroiled in army politics and then by performing poorly […]
Read more...Year In Review: Guest Authors
We’d like to give a shout-out to our Guest Authors on Emerging Civil War! These folks share their research and writing with us, work with the editorial board, and join the fun of publishing articles on the ECW blog. There have been some exceptionally good blog posts from our guest authors this year. You can […]
Read more...The Year in Review 2016: #10
As is our custom here at Emerging Civil War, we’re rounding out the year by counting down our ten most popular posts written during the last twelve months. Because several of us have worked at the Stonewall Jackson Shrine—the building where the Confederate general died—and two of our authors have written a book about the […]
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