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Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 3, 1862
Ninety days ago, George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac sat within earshot of Richmond’s tolling church bells. Now, by early September, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia camped within a day’s march of Washington City’s defenses. Lee and his Confederates stood at the peak of an incredible military turnaround, fresh off defeating two […]
Read more...Voices of the Maryland Campaign: September 2, 1862
Remnants of the crushed Army of Virginia, together with pieces of the Army of the Potomac, came reeling into the defenses of Washington following the stinging defeat they just received on the plains of Manassas on August 30. Fresh off another defeat, the morale of the soldiers sank low. Many of them left in Washington […]
Read more...Voices of the Maryland Campaign: Introduction
In my years of researching and writing about the Maryland Campaign, something about the campaign has always proved an enigma. As anyone interested in the Civil War knows, there are a lot of sources to sift through–just look at any of the compiled bibliography books that are out there. But it seems that every single time I […]
Read more...Campaign Season: Antietam
As the hints of autumn arrive in the air and mid-September approaches, it’s the anniversary season for the Antietam Campaign. We’ve got some new material coming over the weekend and early next week, but for this morning may we offer a solid series from the ECW Archives? In 2017, Kevin Pawlak wrote a series that […]
Read more...Podcast Additional Resources: “Talking About Primary Sources”
We’ve collected some additional resources related to the ECW Podcast episode that released last week. Did you have a chance to hear it on Patreon? Chris Mackowski and Kristopher White talked about some of their favorite primary sources and how important documents are used in research. Since we’ve just spent a whole blog series talking about […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Sept. 3-10
The first full week of September saw a lot of activity at Emerging Civil War. We had posts in two of our ongoing series along with a number of other pieces. You may read each post by clicking the link below.
Read more...ECW Honors Civil War Trails for Work in Public History
Emerging Civil War has chosen Civil War Trails, Inc., as the recipient of its 2023 Award for Service in Civil War Public History. The award recognizes the work of an individual or organization that has made a significant impact on the field of public history in a way that better helps the general public connect […]
Read more...2022 Emerging Civil War Book Reviews
January Radical Relationships February Southern Strategies Voices of the Army of the Potomac The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War Matchless Organization: The Confederate Army Medical Department March Day by Day through the Civil War in Georgia Civil War Witnesses and […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: A.P. Hill
In this week’s Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we welcome Edward Alexander’s look at fallen leader, A.P. Hill.
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