Did You Get Your January 2025 ECW Newsletter?

Neil P. Chatelain receives the A.M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War history from the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, January 14, 2025.We hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the new year. We certainly have here at Emerging Civil War! Did you get your January Newsletter yet? The year is off to a great start, and you can read all about it in this month’s newsletter!

In this issue:

  • Editor-in-chief Chris Mackowski is getting a chance to teach Civil War history to others with the help of a few friends!
  • Tickets for the Eleventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge are going fast!
  • Emerging Civil War is thrilled to welcome Joseph Ricci to the ranks.
  • Bert Dunkerly is Revolutionary.
  • Kevin C. Donovan had the opportunity to speak to the Rotary Club of Salem, Va.
  • Brian Swartz visits Maine to speak about love and eat some lobster.
  • Cecily Zander appeared on a program with the Lincoln Presidental Foundation and is getting ready to appear in a new book.
  • Neil P. Chatelain receives an award in recognition of his book, Treasure and Empire in the Civil War.
  • Joshua Frye gets caught in a historic snowstorm in Mobile, Alabama.
  • Sean Michael Chick’s new Emerging Civil War book, A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 is now available!
  • Kevin R. Pawlak and Bradley M. Gottfried edited a new book, Commanders of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Commanders at the Battle of Antietam.
  • Chris Heisey’s incredible 2025 Civil War Calendar is still available.
  • The Emerging Civil War Podcast had a very busy month with some very cool guests!

… and more! If you didn’t get your copy, you can download one here: January 2025 ECW Newsletter.

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