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The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Determined to Stand and Fight
When I reflect on the battle of Monocacy and the origins of what eventually became Determined to Stand and Fight, I think back to how the engagement outside of Frederick, Maryland, gave me a greater appreciation for the smaller actions of the Civil War. As a student of the Civil War, I had certainly spent […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Don’t Give an Inch
When it came to writing Don’t Give an Inch, I was very excited to put pen to paper but, at the same time, I’m not going to lie: I was a little bit nervous. We decided to break up the Emerging Civil War series into smaller books when it came to Gettysburg because we knew […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Hell Itself
Fewer battlefields have more mystique than the Wilderness. For three days, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia hammered at each other in a dense second-growth forest that soldiers described as “the dark, close wood.” During the battle, the forest caught fire in a number of places, trapping wounded soldiers in […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Strike Them a Blow
When people ask me which of my books is my favorite, I try to tell them it’s like picking a favorite child. “I don’t like to play favorites,” I say. “Each one has things that make them my favorite.” That’s certainly true of my three kids—who are each my favorite—and it’s true of my books. […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: That Furious Struggle
Like The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson and Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness, That Furious Struggle: The Battle of Chancellorsville had a previous life as part of a book series Kris White and I worked on for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. And, as with those other books, once the publisher of […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: A Season of Slaughter
Here is the crazy little secret about A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: we produced that book in a month. Soup to nuts. We wrote it, edited it, designed it, and proofed it in a month. It went like this:
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
There’s an old saying about how the last shall be first. That’s kind of the story of how the Emerging Civil War Series (ECWS) got started. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson wasn’t the first book in the ECWS, but it was the book that kicked all of this off. Flash all the way back […]
Read more...The “Emerging Civil War Series” Series: Simply Murder
We had an “in,” so that was good. Ted Savas had already agreed to publish our full-length book Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, so we had a connection. Kris White picked up the phone and called. We’d been writing short books for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and […]
Read more...Week In Review: October 25-31, 2021
Monday, October 25: Question of the Week followed the theme of “First Experience Under Fire.” Under Fire: Jon Tracey wrote about Mark Twain’s brief experience with the militia. Tuesday, October 26: Kevin Pawlak shared about the Army of the Potomac’s third campaign. Under Fire: Chris Mackowski posted about John Haley and the 17th Maine. Patrick […]
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