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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...Year In Review 2017: ECW Blog Series
It’s been a full year with wonderful articles on Emerging Civil War Blog. Take a moment to review the officially coordinate series and some of the multi-post articles featured this year! Modern Civil War Photography My Favorite Historical Person A Monumental Discussion Battlefield Markers & Monuments
Read more...ECW Week in Review Sept. 17-23
Things remain busy here at Emerging Civil War as we close in on October. This past week, our authors continued two of our ongoing series and we had a major announcement regarding next year’s Symposium. You may click on the links below to read each post.
Read more...ECW Digital Shorts
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 […]
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