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Paul Revere and the Civil War
“Listen, my children, and you shall hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April in ’75, Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year…” Thus begins Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic (albeit not accurate) version of Paul Revere and his famous ride to warn to the […]
Read more...ECW Podcast “The High Tide of the Confederacy, Part 1” Is Now Available
We don’t mean to rush the weeks away, but…the beginning days of May will mark the anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Chris Mackowski and Kris White start a two-part conversation about the high tide of the Confederacy on the Emerging Civil War Podcast! It’s a discussion you won’t want to miss… What made Chancellorsville […]
Read more...Emerging Scholar John Legg
As part of our partnership with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and Civil War Monitor, we’re pleased to introduce the next of our “Emerging Scholars,” John Legg. John will be presenting his work at the museum’s Grand Opening May 4. The U.S.-Dakota War: A Reconsideration of Civil War Era History When we think about the American Civil […]
Read more...Eliza Griffin Johnston: To Bravely Meet Danger and Tragedy
News traveled slowly, likely a frustrating fact for Eliza Griffin Johnston. However, one spring day in 1862 news arrived in California that changed her life. A battle thousands of miles away and weeks in the past had altered her plans, crushed her hopes, and taken the love of her life. She probably received the first […]
Read more...How I Got Hooked on Shiloh: The Story Behind Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Greg Mertz, author of the forthcoming ECWS title Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh and recipient of ECW’s 2018 Thomas Greely Stevenson Award for contributions to Emerging Civil War. My interest in the Battle of Shiloh was sparked by the annual visits to the […]
Read more...Emerging Scholar Sam Florer
As part of our partnership with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and Civil War Monitor, we’re pleased to introduce the first of our “Emerging Scholars,” Sam Florer. Sam will be presenting his work at the museum’s Grand Opening May 4. Soon after I began working at the American Civil War Museum, I gravitated […]
Read more...ECW Weekender: How They Left California
Earlier this week I went desert camping with my youngest brother during his spring break. As we drove out to Anza-Borrego State Park, we closely followed the path of the Overland Butterfield Stage Route. In many places along the twisting Highway 79, little has changed in the topography and landscape since the 1860s. I tried […]
Read more...The Most Terrible Battles
The Duke of Wellington famously said “nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.” Battles are inherently destructive events, and they leave their scars on landscapes, places, and participants long after the engagement ends. Yet some battles stand out for their extreme ferocity, horror, and destructiveness, and are often […]
Read more...Green Flags: “There was a certain magic in the light of this old symbol”
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and for years I’ve had a historical love for the green flags carried by Irish American soldiers of Civil War. I think it started when I was about nine and discovered my first book of Mort Kunstler paintings. The artwork Raise the Colors and Follow Me thrilled me, even as […]
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