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“Flat” Wilderness?
I’m always grateful for an opportunity to see a battlefield I know well with new eyes. Adam H. Petty’s book The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory: Reconsidering Virginia’s Most Notorious Civil War Battlefield (LSU Press, 2019), which offered a ton of cool stuff to think about. I reviewed the book for LSU’s […]
Read more...Lee’s Luck
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author John Roos… As the 214th birthday of Robert E. Lee has come and gone, I couldn’t help but to reflect on the general. Living in the Fredericksburg area, and giving tours on all the major fields in this area, I have come to see the evolution and devolution […]
Read more...Going, Going, (almost) Gone!
Tomorrow – December 31, 2020 – is the last day for early bird registration rates for our Seventh Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, to be held at beautiful Stevenson Ridge on August 6 – 8, 2021. You have until 11:59pm tomorrow to lock in your rate at $155, because starting January 1 prices will go […]
Read more...ECW Symposium 2021: Early Bird Tickets Available
As you’ve probably seen, we had to reschedule the Emerging Civil War Symposium this year due to health and safety concerns. Many of the registered guests decided to roll their tickets to 2021 since we’ll be hosting the same theme and planned symposium in 2021. If you’ve kept your ticket and rolled it to 2021, […]
Read more...In Memoriam: Ed Bearss
The Civil War community was rocked today by the news of the passing of legendary historian Ed Bearss. Ed suffered a heart attack over the weekend and died surrounded by family on Tuesday. He was 97. “Ed’s career is unmatched in the Civil War community—from his discovery of the USS Cairo in the Yazoo River to his […]
Read more...Conrad Wise Chapman and “The Life Insurance Brigade”
After Fort Donelson, Colonel John Eugene Smith of the 45th Illinois Infantry observed “The Boys were constantly wishing they could have a fight. You do not hear any such wishes now.” The soldier’s lament over the horrors of war is common enough in memoirs and letters. The sentiment of Smith’s men seems nearly universal. Yet […]
Read more...Past Symposia
Read more...ECW’s 5,000th Post!
Welcome to Emerging Civil War’s 5,000th post! Since we launched in August of 2011, ECW has grown from a small handful of writers to a community of more than 30. We’ve had some historians come and others go, but one thing has remained constant: an eclectic collection of high-quality writing, research, and scholarship. We also […]
Read more...2020 ECW Symposium Full Line-Up Announced
Welcome back to the first installment of our Symposium Spotlight series for the 2020 Emerging Civil War Symposium. Several weeks ago we announced our theme, “Fallen Leaders of the Civil War,” along with our keynote speaker, Gordon Rhea. Historian Rhea will be speaking about J.E.B. Stuart’s mortal wounding at Yellow Tavern and its impact on […]
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