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Home Libraries: Truly Making it Home
I’ve moved three times over the past five years. Packing for the moves is always the most time-consuming part of the process, and it’s not all that bad. Except for the books. When my wife and I last moved, we went to the hardware store and got a bunch of 98-cent cardboard boxes to put […]
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Read more...Week In Review: December 16-22, 2019
It’s time for Week in Review and you’ll find a sampling of topics as usual on the blog. Thank you for your patience as we’re working behind the scenes on some website improvements. We are working to restore the blog notifications for your accounts and hope to have the difficulties solved at the beginning of […]
Read more...Week In Review: September 30-October 6, 2019
We’re adding voices to answer the question “do we still care about the Civil War?” and you’ll find members and guest authors discussing that topic this week and into the coming week. There’s also “heroic poetry”, a discussion of politics and war, a battlefield park in Knoxville, and a preservation victory at Gettysburg, along with […]
Read more...ECW on C-SPAN 3: Philippi
The “Forgotten Battle” of Philippi comes to the airwaves this weekend, straight from the Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, courtesy of our good friends at C-SPAN. Jon-Erik Gilot’s “Battle of Philippi” talk debuts on C-SPAN 3 on Saturday night at 6 p.m. ET and then re-airs Sunday morning at 4 a.m. […]
Read more...Week In Review: September 23-29, 2019
Welcome back for the grand review of the content calendar this last week! You’ll find some relevant and timely articles, along with several accounts of lesser-known officers and soldiers, a book review, and suggested museum for weekend (or week-day) touring.
Read more...Podcast Additional Resources: “Forgotten Battles”
“Forgotten Battles” has been a theme at ECW this year, especially since it was the topic at our symposium in August! Last week Chris M. and Chris K. spent time discussing the idea of “forgotten battles” on the podcast and you can catch that episode on Patreon. Today, we offer links to some of the […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: The Schedule
We are pleased to announce our schedule of speakers and events for the 2019 Emerging Civil War Symposium. Please read on to see all of the great presentations we have in store.
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Forgotten Battles
We have a fantastic line-up of topics slated for our upcoming Sixth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, where we’ll be focusing on “Forgotten Battles.” We want to ask you about your own favorite forgotten battle but first, let’s take a look at that line-up:
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