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September-October 2018 Presentations
September: 8th: Derek Maxfield & Tracy Ford perform “Now we stand by each other always,” Clarendon Historical Society, Clarendon, NY; part of the 2018 Orleans County Heritage Festival, 2:00 PM 9th: Kevin Pawlak and Rob Orrison, “Highway to War: Loudoun Valley and the Summer Campaigns of 1862,” Rust Library, Leesburg, VA 11th: Chris Mackowski, “Second-Guessing Richard […]
Read more...Artillery: Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac
From Little Round Top, Henry J. Hunt – Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac – observed the opening shots of the Confederate artillery barrage near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863. From his vantage point gained during an inspection of the Union lines, this artillery officer peered out into the distance, spotting […]
Read more...“Six Days in September”: Author Alexander Rossino Adds His Voice
I interviewed Ted Savas, publisher of Alexander Rossino’s fiction work Six Days in September. At that time Alex Rossino graciously offered the opportunity for an interview. Time is a slippery fish, and sometimes it gets away from me, but finally, I am able to introduce ECW readers to Alexander B. Rossino, award-winning WWII historian and the […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Doug Crenshaw
There is little question of Robert E. Lee’s impact on the Confederate war effort. As we welcome you back to yet another installment of the 2018 Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight, preview Doug Crenshaw’s talk The Rise of Lee: Richmond 1862. If you have not purchased your tickets for the Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, you […]
Read more...The Decision to Attach William F. Smith to the Army of the James
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sean Michael Chick Major General William Farrar Smith is one of the Civil War’s most controversial commanders. He was twice removed from command. He was once considered for an army command. He was one of the few men to befriend Ulysses Grant and lose Grant’s full confidence. That […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Dec. 4-10
The first full week of December moves on. We’ve had a number of great posts, including pieces on our recent release with Southern Illinois University Press, Turning Points of the Civil War. We also announced that ECW will join with the National Park Service, the Civil War Trust and other historians for the Trust’s Facebook Live events for the […]
Read more...“I Intend to Make the Yankees Pay”: A Monumental Discussion
Conclusion of a series. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are available. This past Saturday, while passing through Richmond, I decided to visit the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue. Lately it seems that I have been in Stuart’s shadow. Beginning in the last week of July, I prepped for the ECW Symposium Tour of […]
Read more...Malvern Hill: A Victory With The Look And Feel Of Defeat
ECW welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson “I have supped full with horrors. Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts Cannot once start me.” — William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5, Line 13-15 The Army of the Potomac emerged the clear winner at Malvern Hill, the last of the Seven Days Battles fought around the Confederate […]
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