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Category Archives: Emerging Civil War Series
Antietam and the Emerging Civil War Series
While there are, of course, plenty of good books out there about Antietam, we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that the Emerging Civil War Series added two great Antietam books to the line-up this year, including one that’s … Continue reading
That Field of Blood: The Story of the Battle that Changed the Nation
By ECW Correspondent Nicholas Youngs That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, the newest release in the Emerging Civil War Series, was a story Dan Vermilya has always wanted to write, due in part to his … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series
Tagged Anitetam, Dan Vermilya, Nicholas Youngs, That Field of Blood
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That Field of Blood Now Available
It’s been a quiet spring for ECW on the publishing front, but we’re delighted to finally have another book to share from our Emerging Civil War Series: the highly anticipated volume on Antietam! That Field of Blood: The Battle of … Continue reading
George Custer and Buford’s Knoll at Brandy Station
While preparing for my next work in the Emerging Civil War Series, The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry: George A. Custer in the Civil War, I came across the photo at right that will appear in the book from the Brandy Station … Continue reading
On Location: Charlotte, NC
One of the most oddball monuments I’ve ever seen is in Charlotte, North Carolina, embedded in the sidewalk. Last summer, I finally went On Location to seek it out: the spot where Jefferson Davis heard the news about Lincoln’s assassination. Check … Continue reading
Year In Review 2017: Most-Read Posts Of All Time
While we’re counting down the most-read posts of 2017, we thought it would be fun to see which ECW blog posts are the most popular of all time! Here’s the list:
Posted in Emerging Civil War Series, Year in Review
Tagged most read posts, year in review 2017
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Searching for George Brinton McClellan
In preparation for Rob Orrison’s and my upcoming ECWS book, To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862, we closed the books and hit the trails and cement roads zigzagging through northern Virginia and central and western Maryland. At … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory
Tagged George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, Jane Beall, Lincoln, Maryland Campaign, McClellan Gun Club, Montgomery County Historical Society, Rob Orrison, Robert E. Lee, Searching for George McClellan, To Hazard All, Tom Huntington
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Simply Murder: The New, Expanded Edition Now Available
Today is the 155th anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg. Because many ECW historians are based in the Fredericksburg area or have worked at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, we’ve written about the battle of Fredericksburg a lot over … Continue reading
Grant’s Last Battle Redux
I’m always excited to have a box of my books show up on my doorstep from the printer. This week, it was the newly printed second edition of Grant’s Last Battle. As a parent, you’re not supposed to have a … Continue reading
Preservation Victory at Bristoe Station
Great news from our friends at the Civil War Trust! On this, the anniversary of the Battle of Bristoe Station, the Trust announces more hallowed ground saved at this northern Virginia battlefield. Prince William County’s Historic Preservation Division will be … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Trails, Common Soldier, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Preservation
Tagged A Want of Vigilance, Anniversary, battlefield preservation, Briste Station, Bristoe Campaign, Civil War Battlefield Preservation, Civil War Trust, Prince William County
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