Category Archives: Symposium

Mapping the Philippi Battlefield

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Edward S. Alexander

Jon-Erik Gilot did a fantastic job at the 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium filling in on short notice to give a talk on the battle of Philippi, see the video here. With limited time to produce another map, I’m grateful … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN: Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

C-SPAN 3’s continuing coverage of the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge heads to the gates of the Cockade City this weekend. A. Wilson Greene’s keynote address focused on Ulysses S. Grant’s lesser-known second Petersburg offensive, which took … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN: Wilson’s Creek

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

C-SPAN 3’s coverage of the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge continues this weekend. Kristen Pawlak’s talk on Wilson’s Creekdebuts Saturday night on C-SPAN 3 at 6 p.m. ET and re-airs Sunday morning at 4:50 a.m. ET. After … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN 3: Philippi

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

The “Forgotten Battle” of Philippi comes to the airwaves this weekend, straight from the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, courtesy of our good friends at C-SPAN. Jon-Erik Gilot’s “Battle of Philippi” talk debuts on C-SPAN 3 … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Dranesville Battlefield

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Edward S. Alexander

Ryan Quint’s symposium talk on the battle of Dranesville is now available through C-Span. This topic is one of the reasons I wanted to make modern maps for each presentation. My day job occasionally has me working along the Leesburg … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN3: Dranesville

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

C-SPAN 3’s coverage of the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge continues this weekend. Ryan Quint’s talk about the “Forgotten Battle” of Dranesville debuts this Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and then re-airs Sunday morning at 4 … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Tullahoma Campaign

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Edward S. Alexander

As the presentations from this year’s Emerging Civil War Symposium air on C-Span3 I will publish the map I made to accompany each talk. Because our theme this year was “Forgotten Battles” I knew that some of the topics might … Continue reading →

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ECW Presents Stevenson Award to C-SPAN

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Emerging Civil War recently presented its Brig. Gen. Thomas Greely Stevenson Award for 2019 to C-SPAN. The Stevenson Award is presented to an individual or organization in recognition of their outstanding service to ECW. For the past five years, C-SPAN … Continue reading →

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ECW on C-SPAN 3

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

The first of our segments from the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge airs this weekend on C-SPAN 3. Our theme was Forgotten Battles, and this week’s forgotten battle comes from central Tennessee. The Tullahoma Campaign, presented … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 8/12-8/18/19

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Here’s a question that, we’re sure, is on the mind of all our readers: Would you like to know more details about the Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

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