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Category Archives: Books & Authors
The Spirits of Bad Men Now Available
We spend a lot time around here talking about our work on the Emerging Civil War Series published by Savas Beatie—of which we are immensely proud—but we do have a second book series, too: the “Engaging the Civil War” Series, published … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Books & Authors, Engaging the Civil War Series
Tagged artillery, Confederate Artillery, Connie Jones, Constance Hall Jones, Crenshaw's Battery, Engaging the Civil War, Pegram's Battalion, Southern Illinois University Press, Spirits of Bad Men Made Perfect, William Ellis Jones
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Book Review: The Three Battles of Sand Creek
Sand Creek. I’d been reading about the Civil War for probably a full ten years before I’d ever heard about it. Granted, it’s an incident that aligns more with the Plains Wars than the Civil War, but considering the event … Continue reading
West Coast Civil War Round Table Conference 2019 Crashed by ECW
November 8-10 was the 2019 West Coast Civil War Round Table Conference. This year it was held in Sacramento, California. I had attended them for years, only taking a break when I was out-of-state. Now I go again. Besides, I … Continue reading
A Conversation with John Coski (part four)
Part four of six John Coski is the 2019 recipient of the Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. John worked as a historian at the Museum of the Confederacy before its recent evolution into the American Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Personalities
Tagged "Prince John" Magruder, American Civil War Museum, Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, Award for Service in Civil War Public History, Charleston shooting, Christy Coleman, Confederate Battle Flag, Conversation-with-John-Coski, John Coski, Museum of the Confederacy
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The Artillery Manual Coloring Book?
A few weeks ago, I sat in the reading room at The Huntington Library combing through old books on artillery. I’d been through Hunt’s tome on an earlier visit and had started perusing an 1850 manual of similar content, when … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Books & Authors
Tagged artillery manual, Huntington Library, Research
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Book Review: Johnsonville: Union Supply Operations on the Tennessee River and the Battle of Johnsonville, November 4-5, 1864
How many Johnsonville experts do we have out there? Anyone? No no…not the sausage. To be honest the little I knew about Johnsonville, Tennessee related to the 100th USCT Infantry, a unit that included several men from my hometown and … Continue reading
Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Chris Mackowski
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Today, we conclude … Continue reading
Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Dana Shoaf
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Today, we welcome … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Ties to the War
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Dana Shoaf, Do-We-Still-Care series
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Do We Still Care About the Civil War: Theodore P. Savas
The cover story of the newest issue of Civil War Times asks, “Do we still care about the Civil War?” ECW is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation here on the blog. Today, we are … Continue reading
