Book Review: “Riding for the Lone Star: Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865”
On May 6, 1864, during the midst of the Battle of the Wilderness, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s right flank crumbled under a strong Federal attack. As Lee rode about, frantically trying to rally his troops, a new column, wearing gray and butternut, swung into battle formations. Riding up to the force, Lee inquired who the […]
Read more...The Future of Civil War History: Eric Wittenberg
My worries about the future of Civil War history are much broader and much larger than those cited in the articles in Civil War History. I spend a lot of time on the road, speaking to Civil War Roundtables and other similar groups. I’ve traveled to a lot of places—Ann Arbor, Michigan and Bloomington, […]
Read more...The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part two)
Part two of a series. A New Chief of Staff and Improved Supply System Ambrose E. Burnside left the Army of the Potomac with a litany of major problems; many of which were brought on by poor staff work. To alleviate this issue Hooker needed to appoint a new Chief of Staff. The man that […]
Read more...The Future of Civil War History: Phill Greenwalt
The recent edition of Kent State University’s journal Civil War History posed the question, “What is the future of Civil War history?” Some of the leading historians of the era, both in academia and in public history, pitched in with some excellent topics on gender, race, and memory. My thoughts on the “future of Civil […]
Read more...ECW’s Battlefield Guide Services
On occasion, we get a request through the website for battlefield guide services. As it happens, many of our writers do offer independent guide services. We’ve never really promoted them, though. Until now! If you take a look at the menu that runs beneath the banner at the top of the page, you’ll see that […]
Read more...Advance of the Ironclads (part two)
Today we welcome back guest author Eric Sterner. Part two of a series. The Ironclads Advance: After the haze in Charleston harbor finally cleared mid-morning on April 7th, 1863, Du Pont raised the signal for the ironclads in his squadron to get underway. It was just over a year since Fox had urged him to […]
Read more...The Future of Civil War History: Kelly Mezurek
from ECW’s Kelly Mezurek In Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front, J. Matthew Gallman states that “the history of the Civil War is—in a variety of ways—a story of fundamental similarities amongst diverse people, and at the same time a narrative defined by crucial differences, both demographic and ideological.”[1] Recent news […]
Read more...Confederate Paymaster Charles Jarrett
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Roger Futrell You may view part one here Charles F. Jarrett, whose iron paymaster’s chest was featured in a previous post, was instrumental in raising the funds needed to create a park on the site of Jefferson Davis’ birthplace at Fairview, Kentucky. He was also supportive […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Chris Mackowski and the Fight for the “Bloody Angle”
Dr. Chris Mackowski is one of the founders of Emerging Civil War, as well as a very popular speaker on the Civil War roundtable circuit. Chris is a professor of journalism and mass communications at St. Bonaventure University. Currently he serves as the editor-in-chief of Emerging Civil War, the managing editor of the Emerging Civil War Series, […]
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