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Category Archives: Emerging Civil War
We’re Recording our ECW Virtual Symposium Today–Wish you were here!
We’re recording segments for our virtual Emerging Civil War symposium today. We have an awesome line-up of cool talks, and we’re excited to share them with you soon! In the meantime, we’ll be posting pictures throughout the day. If you … Continue reading
ECW’s Big News and Virtual Symposium
Well, the ECW community is supposed to be gathered at Stevenson Ridge this weekend for our annual symposium, sharing the camaraderie among authors, readers, speakers, and friends that has become a defining hallmark of the ECW brand. Alas, COVID-19 had … Continue reading
ECW’s July 2020 Newsletter Now Available
The July 2020 ECW newsletter hit inboxes today. In this month’s issue: Chris Mackowski takes a run in the woods to cool off Phill Greenwalt returns from the 18th century to answers 10 Questions Our historians offer some socially distanced … Continue reading
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“It is inhuman, to treat our soldiers as such” – An Iowa Newspaper Criticizes the Federal Hospital System
On January 23, 1863, the Cedar Falls Gazette of Cedar Falls, Iowa wrote an article about their visit to the general hospital complex at Jefferson Barracks Military Post. Located just south of St. Louis, the hospital at Jefferson Barracks was one of … Continue reading
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A Gem from the Gilder Lehrman
A century and a half after the war, we’re still finding cool stuff. I’ll give an example from my new book, Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood (Mercer, 2019). In my research I was perusing Kirk … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Western Theater
Tagged A. P. Stewart, Alinda Borell, Atlanta Campaign, Gilder Lehrman Institute, James Chesnut, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Krik Denkler, Mary Chesnut, Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood, Voices of the Civil War: Atlanta
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In Memoriam: Ted Alexander
Emerging Civil War was saddened to learn earlier this week of the death of our friend Ted Alexander, former historian at Antietam National Battlefield and director of the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars. In 2016, Ted was the inaugural recipient of … Continue reading
2020 Symposium Postponed
Because of the resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country, Emerging Civil War has made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone our annual symposium. Originally scheduled for August 7-9, 2020, the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson … Continue reading
June 2020 ECW Newsletter Now Available
The June 2020 Emerging Civil War newsletter went out this morning. Did you get your copy? If you didn’t here’s what you’re missing:
History vs. Memory: Statues of Stonewall Offer a Lesson
Do we erase history when we take down a statue? That’s a question at the core of recent debate concerning Confederate monuments. Personally, I’m not convinced we do, but I do know we erase memory. However, the distinction between “memory” … Continue reading
Face of Battle: Responding to Fear
Michael Flynn (Lt. Gen. USA. Ret.) recently published a message meant to encourage American citizens as we go through these traumatic times. One thing he said reminded me of conversations I have had with my combat veteran friends. “Let us … Continue reading
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