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Podcast Additional Resources: “High Tide of the Confederacy, Part 1”
It’s a dilemma. We have a lot of articles about Chancellorsville in our archives and a two-part podcast about the battle. How can we share the most? So…for the additional resources for Part 1, we’ve tried to divide the articles. Since Part 1 takes listeners approximately to the point of Jackson’s wounding, that’s the dividing […]
Read more...Week In Review: April 15-21, 2019
Wishing you a blessed weekend to celebrate Passover, Easter, or just good times with family and friends! It’s been an adventurous week on the blog. We started off with articles to inspire your summer travels, then headed into 1861 “marching off to war” history, and wrapped up with a full day of preservation discussions – […]
Read more...My Bridge: Moving Beyond Virginia
No, it’s not literally my bridge, but this structure – which I’ve yet to see on location – has become a symbol and inspiration. I’ll try to explain…
Read more...ECW Podcast “The High Tide of the Confederacy, Part 1” Is Now Available
We don’t mean to rush the weeks away, but…the beginning days of May will mark the anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Chris Mackowski and Kris White start a two-part conversation about the high tide of the Confederacy on the Emerging Civil War Podcast! It’s a discussion you won’t want to miss… What made Chancellorsville […]
Read more...How I Got Hooked on Shiloh: The Story Behind Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome Greg Mertz, author of the forthcoming ECWS title Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh and recipient of ECW’s 2018 Thomas Greely Stevenson Award for contributions to Emerging Civil War. My interest in the Battle of Shiloh was sparked by the annual visits to the […]
Read more...The Seniormost Deaths
Today in 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was mortally wounded at the head of his troops during the Battle of Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing). A plaque on the battlefield, placed by the War Department shortly after the park’s founding, notes that he is the senior American to die in battle. Is this still true? […]
Read more...Upcoming Presentations April-May 2019
Take a look at this great line-up of talks and speakers Emerging Civil War has coming up over the next couple of months (or check out our full schedule of talks on our “Speakers” page). If anything looks tempting for your roundtable or historical society, drop us a line at emergingcivilwar@gmail.com. Don’t forget about our […]
Read more...Of Battles and Memories: A Union Officer’s Springtime Letter
March 20 marks the first day of spring. It’s a season often noted in Civil War soldier’s letters and journals since it’s when the winter camps broke up and the military prepared for the coming campaigns. They might not have written on the actual first day of spring, but the soldiers noted the signs of […]
Read more...Green Flags: “There was a certain magic in the light of this old symbol”
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and for years I’ve had a historical love for the green flags carried by Irish American soldiers of Civil War. I think it started when I was about nine and discovered my first book of Mort Kunstler paintings. The artwork Raise the Colors and Follow Me thrilled me, even as […]
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