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Category Archives: Books & Authors
Question of the Week: 6/17-6/23/19
Summer’s here! So whether you’re heading for battlefields, the seaside, or just staying cool at home, what Civil War history book[s] are you reading?
In Memoriam: Hodge on Horwitz
“If there’s one book I’ve wished I’d written, it’s Confederates in the Attic,” I said in a 2012 post about the iconic book. It’s not only well written and well researched, but it’s an outstanding example of immersive journalism by a … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged Confederates in the Attic, Rob Hodge, Robert Lee Hodge, Tony Horwitz
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Dr. Richard Sommers, In Memoriam: “America has lost a great historian”
Word spread through the Civil War community yesterday of the death of Dr. Richard Sommers, senior historian at the U.S. Army Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA. ECW welcomes back guest author Steve Phan, who shares this remembrance. Dr. Richard … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged Dick Sommers, Richard Sommers, Richmond Redeemed, Steve Phan
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Symposium Spotlight: Books, Books, Books Pt. 1
This week our Symposium Spotlight will get you excited about a summer reading list. In part one of this series, our presenters have suggested works that will get you prepared for this year’s theme “Forgotten Battles of the Civil War.” … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Book Review, Books & Authors, Symposium
Tagged 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium, 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, 2019 Symposium, Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge
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How I Got Hooked on Shiloh: The Story Behind Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Greg Mertz, author of the forthcoming ECWS title Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh and recipient of ECW’s 2018 Thomas Greely Stevenson Award for contributions to Emerging Civil War. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged Attack at Daylight and Whip Them, Greg Mertz
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National Medal of Honor Day
Today is National Medal of Honor Day, and if you haven’t seen the American Battlefield Trust’s latest edition of Hallowed Ground, which focuses on the Congressional Medal of Honor, you need to check it out. Thanks to my longtime partner … Continue reading
Our Thanks to Civil War News
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been highlighting some of the work in Civil War News. We’re big fans of the work publisher Jack Melton does each month to keep the Civil War community plugged in to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Newspapers
Tagged Civil War News, Extra-Extra-Civil-War-News
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In the Critic’s Corner: Scholarly Interest in Confederate Nationalism
As part of our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to spotlight the work of our very own Steve Davis, a regular (and voluminous) contributor to the paper. Steve also gave us a peek at his work back in April … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War, Memory
Tagged Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Apples & Ashes, Civil War News, Coleman Hutchison, Confederate Minds, Confederate Nationalism, Critics Corner, Damn Yankees!, Diehard Rebels, Extra-Extra-Civil-War-News, George Rable, James Martin, Jason Phillips, Michael T. Bernath, Steve Davis, The Children's War, Why Confederates Fought, Why the South Lost the Civil War
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