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ECW Honors Hartwig’s I Dread the Thought of the Place with 2024 Book Award
Emerging Civil War has selected D. Scott Hartwig’s I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Book Award. I Dread the Thought of the Place was published by Johns Hopkins University Press. In making its Book Award selection, […]
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 […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: A.P. Hill
In this week’s Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight we welcome Edward Alexander’s look at fallen leader, A.P. Hill.
Read more...John Wolcott Phelps’ Emancipation Proclamation
The voyage of the U.S. Frigate Constitution ended at Ship island, a barrier island off the Gulf coast of Mississippi in December, 1861. Prior to disembarking, Brigadier General John Wolcott Phelps gathered all passengers on deck and recited one of the most extraordinary speeches given by any officer during the Civil War. The so-called “Phelps’ […]
Read more...Book Review: “A Volunteer in the Regulars: The Civil War Journal and Memoir of Gilbert Thompson, US Engineer Battalion”
Published soldiers’ letters and diaries are nothing new to Civil War bookshelves. But editor Mark A. Smith’s latest addition to The University of Tennessee Press’ Voices of the Civil War series stands out among thousands of enlisted men’s published letters, diaries, and memoirs, not the least of which because this hefty volume contains both Gilbert […]
Read more...What’s In a (Confederate) Name?
Visitors to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis are engulfed in history. The magnificent grounds on the Severn River (known officially as “the yard”) abound in monuments, plaques, halls, and displays memorializing the nation’s naval heritage. Names of heroes adorn stately buildings and major walkways. The Naval Academy’s mission statement reads: “To develop Midshipmen […]
Read more...Do We Still Care: The Civil War in a Changing America
Does the Civil War still matter to America in 2019? That’s the question Civil War Times asks in its latest issue, hitting mailboxes this week. Emerging Civil War is pleased to partner with Civil War Times to extend the conversation beyond the magazine and into the blogosphere. Beginning next week, ECW’s historians will tackle the […]
Read more...Making A (Book) List—And Checking It Twice…
None of these books are naughty, but they’d sure be a nice addition to your Civil War book collection! Do you make lists of the books in your personal library? Sometimes, it’s a good idea to take stock of what’s on the shelf and what’s needed. Or maybe you’re trying to compile a list of […]
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