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Duelin’ Dalton
The above picture is of the statue of “Uncle Joe” Joseph E. Johnston, of the Army of Tennessee, in downtown Dalton, Georgia. When I visited it two weeks ago I found the site much less cluttered than when I took this picture, about 4 years ago – the greenery has been cleared away. This picture […]
Read more...Coming Soon: Hell Itself
One of the most anticipated volumes in the Emerging Civil War Series is finally on its way. Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness completes a cycle of Savas Beatie books that includes A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White; Strike Them a Blow: Battle […]
Read more...“The General Result Was In Our Favor”: The Army of Potomac’s Victory at Antietam
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Kevin Pawlak Fortunately, for the sake of debate, the outcome of Civil War battles is not as clear-cut as that of a football game, where one can look at the scoreboard at the end of the game and easily determine who won, who lost, or, in some […]
Read more...Year in Review 2015: ECW in Print
Beyond the content we’ve offered here on the blog, Emerging Civil War had a great year in print.
Read more...A Few Notes on Grant’s Last Battle
Part two of two comes from my “author’s note” in Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. As kids, my brother and I had a poster of the presidents on the closet door in our bedroom. My brother picked Lincoln as his favorite. I picked Ulysses S. Grant. I liked […]
Read more...On Writing Grant’s Last Battle
Part one of two In the fall of 2012, I had the opportunity to speak to the Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table in Fredericksburg, Virginia, about Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs. Grant’s work to write them was literally a race against death. Swindled by business partners and suffering from terminal throat cancer, he needed to […]
Read more...Confederate Culture Wars: On the Lighter Side
The Virginia Department of Nature announced today that the Confederate battle flag will be removed from all trees and bushes in the Commonwealth. The battle flag on a tree could suggest that the tree is descended from a tree planted in a state where slaveholders once lived, the department said in an issued statement. “We have […]
Read more...Among the Ruins at Jericho Mill
As a volunteer at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, I had the privilege this week to join an NPS site visit to Jericho Mills on the North Anna battlefield. The property still belongs to the Civil War Trust, although it will eventually be ceded to Richmond National Battlefield. Because of various legal and liability issues, the property is […]
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