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Upcoming Presentations: December ’23–January ’24
Who’s on the road for ECW this coming month? Here’s our upcoming travel schedule: December 2023 7: Chris Mackowski, “Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg,” Fredericksburg Rotary 10: Jon-Erik Gilot, Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Dan Sickles Civil War Roundtable (virtual) 11: Sarah Kay Bierle, “Then Christmas Came,” Rappahannock Civil War Round Table, Fredericksburg, VA […]
Read more...Book Review: A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond
A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond. By John Banks. Gettysburg: Gettysburg Publishing, 2023. 320 pp. $28.95 Reviewed by Sarah Kay Bierle The peaceful, harrowing, and adventurous feeling of “battlefielding” comes through the pages of John Banks’s book, A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg and Beyond. […]
Read more...Baby Fever: 1863 Style
This seems to be a stage of my life when many of my friends are expecting babies, so recently some of my spare time has been occupied with coordinating RSVP lists for baby showers, assembling baby shower party favors, and shopping for baby clothes for gifts. I might have a little baby fever at the […]
Read more...Shrouded Veterans – Researching & Remembering
For Veterans’ Day, Sarah Kay Bierle and Frank Jastrzembski recorded a conversation about the work of researching, identifying, and marking the graves of 19th Century U.S. Soldiers. Frank’s mission, Shrouded Veterans, has marked hundreds of graves in the United States and internationally. Here’s a link to the video: If you’d prefer to listen to the […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations: Nov.–Dec. 2023
November: 1: Derek Maxfield, “Man of Fire,” Inland Empire CWRT (virtual) 2: Bert Dunkerly, “Civil War Railroads” Petersburg (VA) Civil War Round Table 4: Chris Mackowski, “The Great Battle Never Fought: Mine Run,” Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Annual Dinner, Lake of the Woods, VA 7: Dwight Hughes, “The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far,” […]
Read more...Bristoe Station 160th Anniversary Recap
If you missed last weekend’s Bristoe Station 160th anniversary, don’t worry–we have you covered! Our own Dan Davis, Chris Mackowski, and Kevin Pawlak made a series of videos for the American Battlefield Trust to commemorate the anniversary. Kevin is the site manager at Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, which is operated by Prince William County, […]
Read more...New Video – Looking at “Gettysburg”: The Movie’s 30th Anniversary
Sarah Kay Bierle, Frank Jastrzembski, Dan Welch, Brian Swartz, and Tom McMillan discuss the movie “Gettysburg” and that film’s 30th anniversary. They’ll chat about favorite moments, essays about the movie in the Emerging Civil War books, historical challenges, and the legacy of the movie! Here are links to the books mentioned in the video: The […]
Read more...The First Time I Watched The Movie “Gettysburg”
This weekend in the town of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg movie fan club assembles to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary! Free events and ticketed events crowd the calendar for many local museums, and many of the actors will be in town or perhaps even on the battlefield as part of the cast reunion and film festival […]
Read more...Battlefield Tour, Radio Program, and Upcoming Virtual History Program for Wreaths Across America
Exciting and grateful update…as of Wednesday morning, we are donating just over $1700 to Wreaths Across America which will be 101 wreaths placed in Winchester National Cemetery this December. Thank you so much for the support of this fundraiser and project. This year Emerging Civil War has offered a battlefield tour at New Market and […]
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