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Question of the Week: 8/12-8/18/19
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….
Read more...The 2019-2020 ECW Speakers Bureau is Now Available
Emerging Civil War is pleased to announce that our new 2019-2020 Speakers Bureau brochure is now available. If you’re looking to book an ECW speaker for your roundtable, historical society, or museum, our speakers bureau brochure provides one-stop shopping! We have twenty-three speakers listed in this year’s brochure (alphabetically), including some new names:
Read more...The New Market Campaign Timeline – Expanded
These resources are a companion to my upcoming presentation at the Symposium this morning. Instead of confining the New Market Campaign to just the Shenandoah Valley, we need to understand it with all it’s “lesser known” actions and how this entire campaign fits with the Overland Campaign happening farther east. This expanded timeline is not […]
Read more...A Conversation with CVBT’s New Executive Director (conclusion)
(part four of four) Terry Rensel is not only the new executive director of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT), he’s also one of my closest friends. I’ve been talking with him about his recent move to Virginia and his career change from broadcaster to preservationist. Chris Mackowski: What do you see coming into your […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Our “Fred-Spot” Favorites
It’s Symposium Weekend! If you’re coming to Stevenson Ridge and staying in the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania area (lovingly called Fred-Spot) a day or two extra, you might be looking for some historic touring. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite places featured in previous Weekenders and offer a customizable guide to the some of the best locations […]
Read more...A Conversation with CVBT’s New Executive Director (part two)
(part two of four) I’m chatting this week with my good friend, Terry Rensel, who’s been hired as the new executive director of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT). CVBT, one of the country’s premier regional preservation organizations, focuses on battlefields around Fredericksburg, Virginia. Chris Mackowski: Just the other day, I had a conversation with […]
Read more...A Conversation with CVBT’s New Executive Director (part one)
(part one of four) In early July, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) hired a new executive director, Terry Rensel. Terry is not only an ECWer—he serves on the blog’s editorial board—he’s been one of my best friends for thirty years. “We were in the same freshmen orientation group, so we’ve known each other since […]
Read more...The Trust’s 2019 Teacher Institute: Where was the Civil War Won?
Once upon a time, in a decade not our own, a young “emerging” historian wrote a thesis paper for his master’s degree at Norwich University. The paper examined the eastern theater and the western theatre and asked, “Where was the Civil War won?” In 2013, that thesis served as the basis for an extended blog […]
Read more...Robert Lee Hodge
Robert Lee, a living historian well known in reenacting circles for his devotion to accuracy, has also worked passionately in the preservation community for nearly three decades. In 1999, Rob came to national prominence upon the publication of Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic; Rob appeared as a major character in the book and also […]
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