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Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Accommodations Update
It’s probably about the time to be considering where to stay if you’re joining us at the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium for the weekend of August 4-6. So here are a few updates and suggestions! First, the cabins at Stevenson Ridge are booked. These accommodations typically sell-out a year in advance. Second, we’ve had […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Just a Few 2023 Tickets Left!
If you’ve been delaying on getting a ticket to the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium, it’s time to start a quick march to secure your seat! We have just six tickets left and then it will be time for the waiting list. We hope to see you August 4-6, 2023 at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Tim Smith on Vicksburg (in Vicksburg!)
Our keynote speaker for the 2023 ECW Symposium will be Timothy B. Smith, who’s been publishing a mammoth study of the Vicksburg Campaign through the University of Kansas Press. We caught up with Tim on the Vicksburg battlefield and asked him to give us a quick preview of his upcoming keynote talk. The Ninth Annual […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight—A Year of Transformation: The Army of the Potomac in 1863
Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature Zachery Fry’s topic. The war for the Union faced dire uncertainty in 1863. That year’s beginning brought […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: From Stones River to Chattanooga—Braxton Bragg and the Struggle for Tennessee in 1863
Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature Cecily Nelson Zander’s topic. There a few Civil War figures more certain to elicit guffaws of […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Chancellorsville—”From the place of blood and wrath his soul changed”
Welcome back to our spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. This week we feature Sarah Kay Bierle’s topic. The battle of Chancellorsville—fought May 1-6, 1863—is often considered Lee’s greatest battlefield […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: Charleston 1863 – Evaluating Command, Control, and Technology
Welcome back to our yearly spotlight series, highlighting speakers and topics for our upcoming symposium. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature previews of our speaker’s presentations for the 2023 Emerging Civil War Symposium. We’ll also be sharing suggested titles that you may want to read in preparation for these programs. This week […]
Read more...Symposium Spotlight: 2023 Battlefield Tour on Sunday!
It’s a tradition at the Emerging Civil War Symposiums to go on a battlefield tour on Sunday morning! This year we’ll be heading to the First Day at Chancellorsville Battlefield where Daniel T. Davis and Sarah Kay Bierle will team to co-lead a tour of this extensive property preserved by the American Battlefield Trust. Dan […]
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