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Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Photos!
This past weekend the 9th Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium took place at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania Virginia. We were thrilled to welcome nearly 180 people to the event! Here are a few of our favorite photos from the weekend: On Friday morning, Kevin Pawlak and Rob Orrison led a battlefield tour at Bristoe Station […]
Read more...CSS Alabama Opens 1863 With a Bang, Part 1
The year commenced with one of only two major ship-to-ship engagements on the high seas, and the only Confederate win. The fiery clash in which USS Kearsarge sank CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864, is the most famous. Alabama had her moment, however, when she destroyed USS Hatteras off Galveston, […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: August–September 2023
Here are the ECW authors hitting the road in the next two months. If someone is coming to your neighborhood, but you don’t belong to the hosting organization, reach out and inquire about guest attendance. Or, better yet, consider joining! You can check out our full schedule here. You can check out our list of […]
Read more...In Memoriam: Meg Groeling
Emerging Civil War is sad to share the news of the death of a treasured member of our community, Meg Groeling. In March 2021, Meg shared with ECW readers that she had been diagnosed with lymphoma. After an initial rough spell, she bounced back. “You don’t beat lymphoma,” she told me. “You live with it, […]
Read more...New ECW Podcast: The Civil War on the Water
The latest episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is now available. Join Chris Mackowski for a conversation with Dwight Hughes about the newest Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary book The Civil War on the Water. Learn about the adventures of the “webbed feet” of North and South, including the groundbreaking (“wavebreaking”?) relationship between the […]
Read more...The Civil War on the Water Now Available from the Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series
You see this man? He looks pretty happy, doesn’t he? In fact, he looks downright delighted. You know why? He’s happy because the latest hardcover in the Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series is now available from Savas Beatie—and he’s one of the book’s editors. This is Dwight Hughes. “Dwight Sturtevant Hughes,” as he appears […]
Read more...Civil War Surprises: Conclusion
On the anniversary of one of the greatest surprise attacks of the American Civil War (the Flank Attack at Chancellorsville), we’re wrapping up the Civil War Surprises series. Here are quick links to all the posts in the series in case you missed any or want to reference the entire collection. Thank you to all […]
Read more...USS Chancellorsville’s Name Shift and the US Navy’s History of Confederate-Named Vessels
In recent years, the US government ordered all service branches to investigate and collate listings of all installations named honoring Confederate leaders, symbols, or events. While many are familiar with the army bases named after Confederate leaders (Forts Bragg, Polk, and A.P. Hill for example), less known are warships that have previously or currently bear […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: March–April 2023
Who’s on the road in the next couple of months? Take a look! To book one of our speakers, be sure to check out our ECW Speakers Bureau brochure. March 1: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Dangerfield Newby’s Fight for Freedom,” Great Stone Viaduct Winter Lecture Series, Bellaire, OH 9: Dwight Hughes, “Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: […]
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