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My ECW Story: Sheritta Bitikofer
Throughout the year in this occasional series we’ve sat down with some of our “old head” historians to ask about their ECW stories. This month we have one of our newest members and a rising star in the field, Sheritta Bitikofer. We hope her story inspires you to consider submitting your own content to Emerging […]
Read more...ECW Welcomes Sheritta Bitikofer
ECW welcomes its newest member! Sheritta Bitikofer is a lifelong student of history. From an early age, her parents indulged her interests by buying her first history books and taking her to museums and historic sites around the south. Her attraction to the Civil War began in middle school when her history teacher read from […]
Read more...Sheritta Bitikofer
Sheritta Bitikofer is a lifelong student of history. From an early age, her parents indulged her interests by buying her first history books and taking her to museums and historic sites around the south. Her attraction to the Civil War began in middle school when her history teacher read from a copy of “The Unknown […]
Read more...Women Writing History!
We invited the women at Emerging Civil War to contribute to a discussion about writing and authorship, and you’ll find the discussion/answers below from those who chimed in. This topic was selected because it’s also a chance to spotlight the writing and publishing of all the women at ECW. Cecily Nelson Zander has a new […]
Read more...Book Review: Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Edited by Karen Cook Bell. London: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Softcover, 244 pp. $29.99. Reviewed by Sheritta Bitikofer The historiography of African American women in the nineteenth century has blossomed in recent decades, leading to a greater understanding of the complex […]
Read more...Book Review: A Man By Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood
A Man By Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood. By Joseph M. Beilein Jr. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2023. Softcover, 282 pp. $26.95. Reviewed by Sheritta Bitikofer Few characters that make it into Civil War memory are as controversial as William Clarke Quantrill. Infamous for his role […]
Read more...2023 Year in Review: Book Reviews
After accepting the book review editor role here at Emerging Civil War in March, I set a personal goal of increasing the number of book reviews that we offer our readers. After all, most of us history enthusiasts consume our passion subject largely through reading books, so what better way to make ECW readers aware […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Battlefielding with Family
As the holiday season commences, my thoughts turn to the typical topics that warrant consideration. With a family as spread out as mine, scheduling exactly when to celebrate becomes complicated. That’s why I’m thankful whenever I can visit with relatives and still manage to squeeze in a little history time. Whether that’s visiting a museum […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Bentonville Battlefield
In early February of 1865, Union General William T. Sherman turned northward from Savannah, Georgia to plow through the Carolinas and join up with General Ulysses S. Grant’s forces in Virginia. Brought out of “administrative exile,” Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston was put in charge of the defenses against Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee.[1] Old […]
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