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Week In Review: January 27 – February 3, 2019
Enjoy the Superbowl Game this afternoon! And when you’re ready, here’s the week in review of all the posts on Emerging Civil War from the last seven days. We’re excited to launch into February and feature posts spotlighting African American History connected to the Civil War era.
Read more...Groundhog Day – Civil War Style
Well, it’s official. Earlier today in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Groundhog Phil made his famous appearance and attempt to predict the coming weather. This year he didn’t see his shadow which gives hope that spring will come early in 2019. We’ll have to wait and see if the rodent’s prediction proves true! Although the ceremony in Punxsutawney dates […]
Read more...Let Us Die Like Men Now Available
In the fall of 2013, after finishing up Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, Lee White asked about working on a second book. He had a lifelong fascination with the battle of Franklin, he told me. While it was a famous battle best known as the Confederacy’s most Pyrrhic victory, he said […]
Read more...ECW’s January 2019 Newsletter Now Available
Emerging Civil War’s January 2019 hit e-mailboxes this week. If you didn’t get your copy, you can check it out here. In this issue: Chris Mackowski sings the praises of public libraries. James Brookes answers our 10 Questions. Lee White’s new book on the battle of Franklin hits the ECW Bookshelf. Emerging Rev War historian […]
Read more...Primary Sources: All for the Union and Company Aytch, For Example
When asked about ideas concerning primary sources that might be recommended to ECW readers, it did not take me more than a second to exclaim, “All for the Union!” This book—the Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes—was made famous in Ken Burns’ The Civil War mini-series for television. I purchased it soon […]
Read more...Preservation News: Historic Preservation a Focus for Tennessee in 2019
Tennessee has made it clear to its citizens and to the country – historic preservation is a priority for 2019. In Franklin, the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County made it public that they support the creation of a statewide tax credit to encourage the rehabilitation and restoration of historic buildings and structures throughout the state. […]
Read more...Primary Sources: Another Look at Liddell’s Record
In May 2016 I wrote about my favorite Civil War primary resource, the memoirs written by Confederate general St. John Richardson Liddell, known as Liddell’s Record. Liddell was on the staff of Albert Sidney Johnston and led troops at Perryville, Stones River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, the Red River Campaign, and Spanish Fort. He was friends Jefferson Davis, […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: Macon County (NC) Historical Museum
When I hear “Macon,” I typically think of Georgia, but there’s a Macon County in the southwestern corner of North Carolina, right along the Georgia border. “It has a rich, well-documented history,” says the Macon County Historical Society, “and unlike many western North Carolina counties, most of Macon’s records have survived.” On a recent trip […]
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