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Symposium Spotlight—A Year of Transformation: The Army of the Potomac in 1863

Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature Zachery Fry’s topic. The war for the Union faced dire uncertainty in 1863. That year’s beginning brought […]

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Week In Review: May 23-29, 2022

Lots of historic anniversary posts this week! Monday, May 23: Question of the Week is about choosing a capital. Sarah Kay Bierle posted Part 1 and Part 2 of some research about Belle Boyd and the battle of Front Royal for the Valley Campaign anniversary.

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Week in Review: April 18-24, 2022

Last week of the blog series On The March and plenty of other historical topics “emerging” this week… Monday, April 18: Question of the Week focused on ways of marching on campaign. On The March: Sarah Kay Bierle posted about General Barlow and the stragglers.

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Week In Review: April 11-17, 2022

We’ve been “campaigning through” the week with new posts in the marching series, a few anniversary posts, prisoners of war, and even Confederates and baseball. Read all about it here! Monday, April 11 Question of the Week focused on Civil War marches as part of the current blog series.

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Week In Review: March 13-20, 2022

We hope you’ve had a good week. The blog writers have been rolling out some detailed content this week. If you missed some posts, here’s the Week in Review to help you catch up (or re-read)! Sunday, March 13: The full table of contents for the new book, The Great “What Ifs” of the Civil […]

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Week In Review: March 6-13, 2022

Book news, battle anniversaries for Hampton Roads and Pea Ridge, the beginnings of the 1862 Valley Campaign, and more this week on the ECW blog. Read all about it! Sunday, March 6: Great “What Ifs” of the Civil War is now available! Check out the video preview… Monday, March 7: Question of the Week highlights […]

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Week In Review: January 31-February 6, 2022

February is here! Check out the updates for the 2022 Symposium, new posts for Black History Month, veteran’s remarks at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion, and more… Monday, January 31: Question of the Week asked about sea or river navies. Kristen M. Trout wrote about a Missourian veteran at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.

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Week In Review: January 2-9, 2022

Happy New Year! Check out the latest on the ECW Blog…there are book deals, the return of Robert Lee Hodge’s series, a walk in the French Quarter, snow at Spotsylvania, and more. Sunday, January 2: In the evening, the #1 most read blog post of 2021 was revealed! Monday, January 3: Question of the Week […]

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Week in Review: December 26, 2021-January 2, 2022

It’s Week in Review with a lot of Year in Review! We hope you’ve had a nice New Year’s celebration and are looking forward to adventures in 2022. Sunday, December 26: Year in Review: #10 Most Read Blog Post of 2021

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