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Week In Review: April 24-May 1, 2022
Lots of posts about Ulysses S. Grant on the blog this week for his 200th Birthday. And don’t miss the photo of Atlanta, the bug collector, new book review, the hotel on the way to Gettysburg, and more… Sunday, April 24: In the evening, we posted the conclusion to the blog series “On The March.” […]
Read more...Week In Review: March 27-April 3, 2022
Sunday, March 27: In the evening, Chris Mackowski posted photos from Rocky Face Ridge. Monday, March 28: Question of the Week discussed the colonels who never made general. Kevin Pawlak re-examined what Robert E. Lee thought of George B. McClellan. Tuesday, March 29: Meg Groeling shared about cats and war, comparing the Union army of […]
Read more...Week In Review: February 20-27, 2022
Forts, book reviews, Civil War music, pocket diaries, and more! Here’s a look back at the last seven days on the ECW blog… Sunday, February 20: In the evening, Chris Mackowski posted about fables of the Reconstruction.
Read more...Week In Review: January 24-30, 2022
Here’s the Week in Review and don’t miss the previews of the new books in the ECW Series! Monday, January 24: Question of the Week spotlighted West Point Classes. Part 5 of The Romney Expedition series looks at the claim of a Union victory.
Read more...Week in Review: December 26, 2021-January 2, 2022
It’s Week in Review with a lot of Year in Review! We hope you’ve had a nice New Year’s celebration and are looking forward to adventures in 2022. Sunday, December 26: Year in Review: #10 Most Read Blog Post of 2021
Read more...Year in Review 2021: #4
You’re reading along with the Emerging Civil War Top Ten of 2021. We’re counting down the ten most-read posts written in 2021. I’m your host, trying to channel the “radio voice” of the late, great Kasey Kasem as we count ’em down. We’re at #4 on our list. And that means it’s time for a […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Endnotes
A reviewer recently lamented about all the hard work it is to turn on his computer, wait for the internet to boot up, type in a web address, and go to the online repository of footnotes/endnotes for ECW books. “This reviewer has reviewed several other works in the series and find the omission of a […]
Read more...Week In Review: November 28-December 5, 2021
It’s been a full week of new content on the blog! Have you added any new books from the Emerging Civil War Series to your “to-read list”…or are you a collector who has them all stockpiled on the shelf? Sunday, November 28: Emerging Civil War Series: Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Designing The Covers
by Ian Hughes www.mousematdesign.com When I am asked to design a cover, I always start the same way. I create a template to the size of the book, import the cover copy into separate text boxes and then import the picture(s) supplied. I study the image for quality, content and whether it’s good enough for […]
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